Some backyard animals may seem scary, but they play a vital role in keeping your garden healthy. Animals like bats, snakes, ...

For most of the last two years of his life, my dad’s connection with the outdoors was through the window at a local nursing home, but this isn’t a sad story by any means. His room faced a courtyard ...

Dale Batchelor talks with visitors during an open house of their certified wildlife garden in Raleigh on Sunday, September 14, 2014. newsobserver.com To say that love bloomed between wildlife ...

Inviting wildlife into your backyard can be a love-hate proposition. You love when the finches and chickadees visit your bird feeders, but wish the starlings and blackbirds would stay away. You enjoy ...

A backyard wildlife camera, often called a trail camera, works on motion detection. It stays idle until something passes in ...

Michael and Grace Flusche were staying in a bed-and-breakfast in Washington, D.C., when they noticed a green and tan metal sign announcing that the inn's small urban yard was a Certified Wildlife ...

This May, Central Minnesotans can celebrate Garden for Wildlife month by transforming their outdoor spaces into havens for ...

DEAR JOAN: My parents love animals and would own a zoo if they were younger, able and rich. Because that’s impossible, they have settled for backyard wildlife, and enjoyment. That includes having ...

A small pond lush with aquatic plants and colorful goldfish is a welcoming oasis in this backyard. (Rick Wetherbee) Water gardens are becoming as essential to outdoor living as shade trees and the ...

Add vintage charm for feathered visitors in your outdoor space.

If you met her at the mailbox in front of her ranch-style home in Fruitport Township, you'd never suspect that 60-year-old Mary Jo Robinson lives a wild life. But peer beyond the rustic, vine-covered ...