For those who want to create a landscape full of native plants, finding the right groundcover can be a challenge. This vine ...

Birds that call Virginia's coast and mountains home are in serious decline. Why it matters: Birds are indicators of the health of their habitats and signal early warnings of broader trouble to the ...

Really from the bird standpoint there is no cure for it, so it results in depopulation and that’s our attempt to control the disease,” said Mike Persia, Virginia Tech Professor of Animal and ...

The Virginia Living Museum in Newport News broke ground Thursday on a new $4.3 million expansion to its 23-acre campus — the Wild Care Center.

Jones has made roughly 70 comfort birds so far. He said about a dozen have already flown the coop. He plans to grow the flock and hopes to get most of them in the hands of veterans by Christmas.

Perhaps because they are larger birds, young Mallards take their first flights a little later than the previously-described ground-nesters. One source estimates their age at first flight usually ...