As September approaches, many gardeners pay less attention to the outdoors, with plans, perhaps, for planting tulip bulbs or reseeding patches of lawn as the weather turns cool. Yet, late summer and ...

Winter transforms our backyards into serene, snowy landscapes, but it also poses significant challenges for local wildlife. With food sources dwindling and temperatures plummeting, many creatures ...

If a few tennis balls have landed in your backyard this year, the neighborly gesture is to throw them back over your fence; however, don’t be too hasty. The humble tennis ball could be the best thing ...

For most of the last two years of his life, my dad’s connection with the outdoors was through the window at a local nursing home, but this isn’t a sad story by any means. His room faced a courtyard ...

Looks are deceiving as this practice is ultimately very bad for the animals. Expert condemns common backyard habit as a ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) -- Maryland Natural Resources officials say state residents can help battle the loss of wildlife habitat by providing food, water and shelter for birds, reptiles and other species ...

Inviting wildlife into your backyard can be a love-hate proposition. You love when the finches and chickadees visit your bird feeders, but wish the starlings and blackbirds would stay away. You enjoy ...

As temperatures warm, those who work with wildlife across the Cape Fear region say they’re seeing an uptick in calls and questions from local residents. The spring and summer is often the busiest ...

Dale Batchelor talks with visitors during an open house of their certified wildlife garden in Raleigh on Sunday, September 14, 2014. newsobserver.com To say that love bloomed between wildlife ...

DEAR JOAN: My parents love animals and would own a zoo if they were younger, able and rich. Because that’s impossible, they have settled for backyard wildlife, and enjoyment. That includes having ...

If you met her at the mailbox in front of her ranch-style home in Fruitport Township, you'd never suspect that 60-year-old Mary Jo Robinson lives a wild life. But peer beyond the rustic, vine-covered ...