The incessant chirps and gregarious lifestyles of house sparrows qualify them as extremely talkative and social little birds ...

Researchers study house sparrow genetics to understand survival, evolution, and how species respond to environmental change.

Urban living often distances us from nature, yet with a few thoughtful changes, food, water, shelter and safety, even a tiny ...

Life in the wild is never constant; animals adapt quickly if they are to survive. Climate change, the reduction of habitats, ...

Researchers are trying to understand why some wild species do better than others over time, as the environment changes.

When the swamp sparrow sings, it looks almost proud, puffing out its feathered chest and lifting its head high before letting out a long sputter of chirps. As it turns out, this creature my have ...

How much does it matter where you are born, or whether you are heavy or light, if you are a house sparrow? Researcher Kenneth ...

Like many in the Northland, I like to feed birds during the winter. Though there are some who keep their feeders stocked throughout the year, I begin the feeding as we reach November. With chilly ...

With mostly lackluster brown coloring, the drab sparrows that arrive in the Houston area for the winter would not win any songbird beauty contests. Members of the Emberizidae family, which includes ...