North America is home to 17 species of finches. Two of them live year-round in the Times News region: the American goldfinch ...

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

Perennials with pests or diseases, or those you don't want to self-sow should be cut back in fall. Leaving perennials ...

Birds are some of nature’s most beautiful creatures — but a few of our feathered friends are truly bizarre — like these 25 ...

On a fine gray afternoon in late October, I came across an impressive cone midden beneath a towering red spruce. While it was surely the work of an industrious squirrel — perhaps a family, given the ...

Minnesota Timberwolves coach Chris Finch has been fined $35,000, the NBA announced, for "directing inappropriate language toward game officials and failing to leave the court in a timely manner ...

Minnesota Timberwolves head coach Chris Finch was ejected less than halfway through the first quarter of Friday night's Western Conference battle with the Oklahoma City Thunder. Finch was issued a ...

According to the New England Wildlife Center, southern birds sometimes end up in Massachusetts. “During periods of strong ...

The incident, for which Finch was assessed 2 technical fouls and ejected, occurred in the Timberwolves’ win over OKC on Dec. 19. Official release Timberwolves coach Chris Finch was ejected during the ...

American goldfinches visit a thistle feeder in Marquette County. The birds are in Michigan during summer, too, but sport more brownish-yellow feathers in winter. Michigan residents can help ...