The March school holidays are here and, yes, it is only a week long. But that is still plenty of time to prise the kids away ...

Partula snails all but vanished from Polynesia after the arrival of a carnivorous foreign snail. But a global alliance of ...

Every winter, northern map turtles cluster together to hibernate in the water beneath a frozen lake. Then one year, their ...

American lawns cover 40 million acres of land, an area roughly the size of New England, and the vast majority of that acreage ...

Once so common they were used as bait, Lord Howe Island stick insects are making a comeback from the brink of extinction.

In early March, birds that have been gone all winter begin appearing at my feeder. One of the earliest of these spring ...

Noisy, aggressive and invasive, these big birds may not actually be geese, but they sure act like it. What you should know ...

Mosquitoes haven't always had a taste for human blood — partly because the tiny yet dangerous insects have been around a lot ...

The Outside Story features song sparrows, brown-backed birds who are the most widespread and abundant North American sparrow.

Spotting a snake in the garden can startle it as much as it startles you. Here's what you should—and shouldn't—do if you spot ...

When Old Westbury Gardens opens this spring, visitors might be surprised to see new visuals that extend beyond plants. Amsterdam-based artist Sean Kenney will incorporate his famous Lego sculptures ...

Walking toward the front steps of my home on a warm evening last week, I stopped in my tracks. My attention turned to the ...