Are we ready for summer? We’ve had roller coaster spring weather, which is typical for this part of California. Also typical ...

For many people,“plastic pollution” calls to mind pictures of turtles and other marine life drowning in single-use plastic ...

As I’m sitting at my kitchen table writing this column, I look out the back deck door and notice the neighbor’s horses moseying through the pasture eating their grass breakfast ...

Darla Tyler-McSherry of Ask In Earnest says anxiety is common in all Americans, as well as in the farming and ranching ...

PARADISE — Livestock in Paradise might be seeing some changes soon as concerns make their way to the Town Council. Community Development Director Susan Hartman provided a presentation to the ...

Consider the agriculture sector writ large. Farming, fishing, forestry, food and beverage production and food and beverage service represented $49 billion in economic activity in 2023, or 16 ...

and similar laws in Canada and Mexico (cowbirds often migrate in the company of other blackbirds like red-wing and purple grackles). Because of this, tampering with their eggs or young is against ...

A WARNING has been issued to gardeners to look out for blackbirds this summer. Almost half of the species' population has been decimated from a mosquito-borne disease. Scientists are now calling ...

A plea has been issued to anyone with blackbirds in their garden as the Usutu virus spreads. Infected insects can spread the deadly Usutu virus to blackbirds, raising fears for anyone with a ...

Robins are a cherished British bird, distinguished by their vibrant orange-red breast, brown back and plump shape. They are frequently spotted perched on garden fences and are recognised as the ...

The Usutu virus, which can be transmitted by infected mosquitoes to blackbirds, appears to be spreading rapidly in the UK and particularly in southern England. At the same time, some blackbird ...

Scientists are racing to monitor the spread of a mosquito-borne disease which has been linked to a decline in the blackbird population. The disease Usutu has spread across much of southern England ...