LONDON (Reuters Life!) - The number of finches spotted in British gardens has hit a five-year high, although total bird numbers are well down, according to one of the country's biggest annual wildlife ...

The flash of deep red at the bird feeder might have you guessing. Is it a Purple Finch? Something more exotic? Identifying ...

The hawfinch is the UK’s largest and most powerful finch. Despite weighing over twice as much as the more familiar chaffinch, the hawfinch remains one of Britain’s most elusive birds ...

The attractive Cassin’s finch of the montane west is slightly larger and longer winged than the similar purple finch, which it occasionally overlaps with during winter. It is often seen in small ...

Us Brits (yes, IFLScience is British) are well-known for our love of animals, and we certainly seem to have a soft spot for our feathery friends that visit our gardens. More than half of British ...

We are fortunate to have many beautiful British birds throughout the country. Some visit our gardens, others are found only in the wild, and a few favour our cities. With so many varieties, bird ...

Out of the thousands of bird species worldwide, the finch is just one of them, and its subspecies are found across the globe. In North America alone, there are 17 subspecies of finch, including the ...

Early December is not the height of the bird watching season by any means – but there’s reason to embrace the season. December often brings unexpected surprises. The biggest of these this December is ...

The vampire bat might be nature’s purest super-villain. But it’s not the only flyer known to subsist off of the blood of its prey. Here are four birds that also practice "hematophagy." Hematophagy is ...

Bringing home fellas that look just like dad might be a red flag to some. But for Galápagos finches, a pairing like this might just do papa proud. ByKatherine J. Wu Monday, October 22, 2018 NOVA ...

It goes a little something like this: A young male zebra finch, whose father taught him a song, shared that song with a brother, with the two youngsters then creating new tunes based on dad’s ...