Boxing Day has its own more violent customs between humans and animals. That’s not the world I choose to live in ...

The morning I wrote this column it was overcast and looked like it was going to rain at any moment. We really needed rain, so when I went out to the porch with coffee in hand I was hopeful that soon ...

We recorded the population growth of two mite species, Dermanyssus hirundinis and Androlaelaps casalis, during the nesting cycle of an Illinois population of House Wrens in 1993-94. We tested two ...

Over the last few months, one of the regular visitors to my bird garden has been the diminutive wren or else known as ‘Troglodytes troglodytes’, its scientific name which translates as ‘the Cave ...

It’s time for another chapter in our birds-at-home exploration. Today’s familiar companion: wrens. Let’s start at the beginning. Would you know one if you saw one? Wrens are diminutive brown birds ...

House wrens are spunky little birds about the size of a newly hatched chicken. They once inhabited almost every backyard and garden, consuming insects and chattering away to inform the world of their ...

Wrens are little brown birds that can easily be distinguished from most other birds by observing their high energy, upright tail, loud chatter and bold behavior. House wrens are spunky little birds ...