Johnny Depp drawls mischievously, making it clear he does not consider his ­return to the Hollywood limelight anything of the ...

House finches also are not a nuisance in the same ways the house sparrow is, even when they occur in large numbers.

Anyone with sparrows in their garden in the UK is being asked to take immediate action amid a shocking decline in numbers. BBC Radio 4’s Inside Science program was yesterday told that numbers in ...

Birds with “house” built into their names are, not surprisingly, common urban residents. Three such birds found in Minnesota include the house wren, house finch and house sparrow. Here’s a quick bio ...

The clay-colored sparrow has in the past year become one of Stillwater’s newest feathered residents. The small, brown, drab ...

Sparrows Point residents are fed up with midges, a nuisance insect that is worse this year than most can remember.

UK households are being urged to act if they notice sparrows in their gardens. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) has noted a "drastic" drop in the population of house sparrows ...

Architects should get behind the campaign to support endangered birds by installing swift bricks in all new UK homes, writes Hannah Bourne-Taylor.