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

Researchers study house sparrow genetics to understand survival, evolution, and how species respond to environmental change.

The four most numerous bird species in the world as listed by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) — house sparrow, barn swallow, European starling and ring-billed gull — are found in Minnesota in ...

I doubt any species in this country is more overlooked than the house sparrow. In fact, they are actively despised by many because they are an exotic, invasive species. What’s more, they can bomb your ...

It’s springtime at Jamaica Bay, a wonderful birding area filled with shorebirds, ducks, geese and many colorful passerines in the scrubby gardens. A smattering of birders are ambling along in front of ...

I mostly write about native birds, species that have existed in California since long before European settlement. However, there are also a few species of local birds that are not native to the New ...

Researchers are trying to understand why some wild species do better than others over time, as the environment changes.

Dave Lambeth's review of Christmas Bird Count numbers pretty much confirmed that house sparrows are declining in Grand Forks. The number of house sparrows seen on this winter's count was 355, the ...

I clearly remember the day when my wife called me at work shortly after she took up birding as a hobby. She was excited to describe a bird that was visiting our backyard feeder. Small and brown, she ...