Bramblings are migratory finches, coming to the UK from Scandinavia. They can be found in beech woodlands and near other ...

However, any bird can catch the infection. The disease was first detected in the UK around 20 years ago and is thought to have wiped out millions of birds since then – particularly greenfinches ...

A garden expert has shared the types of foods that finches and other small birds need at different times of the year, something many gardeners don't realise.

House finches are the perfect urban bird. They would willingly trade an empty lot filled with grasses and bushes and trees for a nice new house with a bird feeder.

House finches are some of the most numerous birds at my feeder right now, always there in cheery little groups of bright red males and subtly brown-streaked females. They are fun to take photos of ...

The team used the simulation to create what the calls of future finches might sound like. They then returned to the specific population of Darwin’s medium ground finches and played the calls.

Mountaineers who venture high into the Colorado Rockies have likely spotted medium-sized, brown-and-pink birds rummaging around on snow patches for insects and seeds. These high-elevation specialists ...

Bright colors, however, are not genetically inherited. Like most birds, finches can’t actually make red or yellow pigment. Rather, these molting males incorporate pigments from the foods they ...