July is a great month for birds, and the weather is generally nice too – so it’s a perfect time to see the nature in your ...

I am hiking along the Metacomet Ridge in Greenfield, Massachusetts – a rather steep basaltic structure, modestly less than five hundred feet high and topped by a stately brick tower constructed in ...

Anyone with sparrows in their garden in the UK is being asked to take immediate action amid a shocking decline in numbers. BBC Radio 4’s Inside Science program was yesterday told that numbers in ...

A new study by planetary scientists at Brown University and the University of Bern in Switzerland casts doubt on one of the most tantalizing clues that water might be flowing on present-day Mars.

Brown University. "Streaked slopes on Mars probably not signs of water flow, study finds." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 19 May 2025. <www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2025 / 05 / 250519131558.htm>.

Noss believes the wet sections preferred by the sparrows (perhaps because they produce more insects and grasses) may have become “ecological traps.” Not only are they seething with fire ants, they’re ...

The birds are likely to be spotted perched on a hedgerow or bush, singing. Although the birds are not rare, there has been a "long-term decline" in UK breeding numbers. The small bird usually ...

Of the many birds, the tiny house sparrows had caught my imagination in my school-going years. A flock of sparrows have turned my tiled house into their abode unauthorisedly and refused to vacate ...

Trending Sparrows ‘disappearing’ from hills, experts blame shrinking green cover Yogesh Nagarkoti / Mar 20, 2025, 23:17 IST Bageshwar: Mountain mornings are no longer the same.

Bhubaneswar: At a time when urbanisation and habitat loss are threatening the survival of house sparrows, a schoolteacher in Malkangiri has taken it upon herself to ensure their conservation ...

Celebrating World Sparrow Day To celebrate World Sparrow Day, people can engage in several activities: Installing Bird Feeders: Sustaining the population of sparrows by supplying grains and water ...

House sparrows, called 'pichuka' in Telugu, have always lived close to humans. In villages, their numbers have stayed steady over the years, but in cities the habitat loss has been rapid.