The morning on Mt. Hoo began with a joyful “woo hoo!” Our wild house wren chicks have all left the nest. The 2022 wren nesting cycle has been a flawless event that attracted much attention. We first ...

A new study examines whether conspicuous colours of superb fairy-wrens signal male quality. In many animals, female preference for males with the most elaborate appearance is an important factor in ...

For us, summer usually starts on Mother’s Day when our back-of-the-garage garden plot begins to take shape. Today we can see the first yellow flowers on our tomato plants and our peppers, zucchini and ...

Carolina wrens are as festive now, during the twilight of summer nesting, as they were at the dawn of spring breeding. The diminutive wren shows up in neighborhood yards, flitting around flowerpots, ...

Karla Rivera-Cáceres, a University of Miami biology graduate student, plays a harmonious duet of singing wrens from a recording she captured out in the field during a recent trip to Costa Rica. "The ...

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 ...

In many animals, female preference for males with the most elaborate appearance is an important factor in the evolution of bright and dramatic colours. Females are thought to prefer colourful males ...