In the winter, when purple finches may be around, it is quite easy to mistake them for house finches. I've gotten so I look at the colors on the males, with a reddish color most likely a house finch, ...

Familiar voices trigger stronger brain activity in zebra finches, speeding up how quickly they respond to calls.

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How rare a Gouldian Finch ? Gouldian Finches are Australia's most spectacularly colored grass finches, and are perhaps the ...

While birdseed mixes are great for attracting avian visitors, you can also draw them in with this pantry essential that you ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- A bird-smuggling suspect was stopped at John F. Kennedy International Airport on Monday when live finches were found stuffed into hair curlers. CBS2's Hazel Sanchez spoke with ...

Laysan finches, also known as ekupuu in Hawaiian, were once found throughout the main Hawaiian isles but can now only be found at Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument. Known for their varied ...

DEAR JOAN: We had sunflower seedlings that were 2 feet high a few weeks ago, but our bird friends are eating the leaves. The birds are small, gray in color with yellow breasts — some kind of finch.

Research from Poland adds to evidence from Latin American countries that compounds in used cigarette butts ward off parasites ...

Darwin’s finches could be wiped out within decades as a result of “aggressive” flies infesting their nests and eating their chicks, like a “vampire” File photo:Darwin's finches, which insipired the ...