When it comes to attracting birds to your backyard, a large part of the process is choosing what to feed the birds. It’s best to provide birdseed sold specifically for wild birds.

A drone view of Oroville Dam and main spillway on March 11, 2025. SB 72 requires the Department of Water Resources to set 2050 urban, agricultural, tribal and environmental water targets, prompting ...

Bees are well-known to be sentient individuals with very active minds who display rich cognitive and emotional lives. What has never before been shown is that bumble bees, who play with balls and seem ...

Once upon a time, in an orchard in Minnesota, a brave little honey bee pollinated Honeycrisp apple blossoms with nectar from a different tree. Afterwards, an apple grower named Chuck Nystrom stumbled ...

Beekeepers struggle with rising salinity and extreme heat Honey production in Basra expected to decline by 50% this season Water crisis worsened by upstream dams, raising salinity levels BASRA, Iraq, ...

BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) -Bees once thrived among the date palms along the Shatt al-Arab, where Iraq's mighty Tigris and Euphrates rivers meet, but drought has shrivelled the green trees and life in the ...

Call it H 2 0 2.0. Water is essential to life — it serves as building material for cells, helps regulate body temperature and lubricates joints. Though it is so crucial, many Americans aren’t ...

Q. We are trying to meet the needs of the hummingbirds with a sugar-water feeder, but it seems like the bees dominate the feeder. What are the options to shut out bees in favor of the hummingbirds? A.

Discover the best time to take down your hummingbird feeder, according to experts. Learn when to remove feeders to support hummingbird migration and ensure the health of these beautiful birds.

After at least a dozen summers with only a lonely hummer or two, it's finally a hummingbird year! My cup runneth over with delight as I hang out feeders every other day for my first-time-ever large ...

This 1-gallon frame feeder fits directly in the frame and allows bees to feed 24 hours a day. (Scott Svab photo) One of the most frequently asked questions when feeding bees is how much sugar, or what ...

An old water town looms over the Sutter County town of Robbins, where construction recently began on a new water well and treatment facility. Its 300 or so residents have had unsafe tap water for ...