Another reason for chili plants to hold back on the heat: Capsaicin is a gut irritant that can speed up digestion. If a bird ...

Want to add a splash of color to your winter landscape? Invite cardinals to your feeder. They love to dine on safflower and black oil sunflower seeds. Heather Cwach Special to The Star Feeding birds ...

Shopping for bird seed can be confusing, especially if you are new to the world of feeding backyard birds. That’s because there are a wide variety of bird species, and each has its own dietary wants ...

A few weeks ago I noticed that my backyard bird feeder was running low on seed - time for a refill. The feeder wasn't completely empty, however: At the bottom, there remained a large pile of one ...