All our lives, we have pictured wildlife deep in forests, deserts, and mountain ranges, far from crowded neighborhoods and shopping centers. However, not all animals live far away, and a surprising ...

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 ...

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 ...

Summer season is here, and it is time when some surprise vistors can walk around your house or at the backyard. Well, as the weather changes and the grass begins to shoot upward, millions of Americans ...

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 ...

Sometimes the most heartwarming wildlife moments happen far from forests and nature reserves. In a quiet residential neighborhood, one woman unintentionally created a peaceful retreat for passing ...

If you’re a nature-lover at heart, consider creating a landscape that will attract some of your favorite animals right to your own backyard. If you’re a nature-lover at heart, consider creating a ...

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 ...

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 ...