Q: I recently had a flagstone patio installed in my backyard. I love the patio, but I also love having my bird feeder, so the flagstones are covered with bird poop. I routinely take down the feeder at ...

Bird poop: not a topic most people take interest in. However, fascinating discoveries are being made from the feces of one slowly disappearing bird in the U.K. Researchers are analyzing pied ...

It turns out that streaked shearwaters, a large species of seabird, are not unlike children. Just as children seem to inevitably need a bathroom break two minutes into a car ride, the birds poop ...

First come the horseshoe crabs. Hoisting their round, tank-like shells, they trundle out of the Delaware Bay under the first full moon in May to mate and lay their eggs. The birds soon follow.

Trim overhanging limbs and relocate furniture to avoid popular bird perches that drop messes onto your patio. Move bird feeders, bird baths, and berry-producing plants away from seating areas to ...

CAPE MAY, N.J. — First come the horseshoe crabs. Hoisting their round, tank-like shells, they trundle out of the Delaware Bay under the first full moon in May to mate and lay their eggs. The birds ...