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Coyotes have a reputation problem. Talk to most suburban homeowners and they’ll describe them as dangerous, unpredictable, a th [...]

If you’ve ever walked out to find your garden stripped overnight, you know the specific frustration of deer damage. You planted [...]

There’s a small but thriving industry of decorative toad houses — ceramic mushroom-shaped things, hand-painted cottages with [...]

Finding a tiny turtle hatchling — usually no bigger than a quarter or a fifty-cent piece — triggers an almost universal response [...]

Coneflowers show up on almost every deer-resistant plant list, which gives people the impression they can plant them anywhere and wal [...]

Rats at bird feeders tend to produce a specific kind of dismay in people — not just annoyance, but a creeping guilt, like somehow y [...]

The truth is, hummingbird feeders do attract bees — and wasps, and yellow jackets, and occasionally hornets if you’re particu [...]

Most people just live with it: that ugly dead patch of bare, hull-covered soil under the bird feeder. They figure it’s the bird [...]

You’ve done everything right. The feeder is up, it’s the right shape, you made the nectar yourself. And still nothing. Mo [...]

Northern cardinals are one of the most instantly recognizable birds in North America, and also one of the most desired backyard visit [...]