Concerned about the cleanliness of your yard's bird box? With the right strategy, you can safely clean it anytime of year -- ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An Eastern Bluebird at a nest box - Wileydoc/Shutterstock The difference between nesting boxes and birdhouses can be difficult to ...

Garden enthusiasts with nesting boxes have been advised to carry out five essential tasks this weekend to support birds. The expert team at BBC Gardeners' World Magazine has published a detailed guide ...

"One of the things the university is doing to try to help recover the swift population is to put nest boxes on buildings ...

Three barn owls peek out of a nest box in Davis. A UC Davis study found the best time to clean nest boxes is in the fall, before the owls' winter breeding season. (Ryan Bourbour/UC Davis) When it ...

So how did humans start building nest boxes? As they started building structures, certain species like the House Sparrow, House Martin, Barn Swallow and Barn Owl took to human-built structures to ...

The Save Our Suffolk Swifts project was set up by Suffolk Bird Group and Suffolk Wildlife Trust to reverse the decline of the breed The number of nest boxes used by an endangered bird to breed has ...

Bumblebees, honeybees, butterflies and other pollinating insects are in decline worldwide. So what better way to help stem their decline than by installing a bumblebee nest box in your garden? The ...