A handful of pets are up for adoption at Valley shelters. To check the status of a specific animal, please contact the ...

The attractive house finch is one of the more common and recognizable species throughout the United States. Originally a “western” species of semiarid environments, it was introduced in the ...

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 ...

But spotting the differences between a house finch vs a purple finch is particularly tricky. After all, the two species look incredibly alike! Here are some important things to look out for when ...

The Stokes Guide to Finches of the United States and Canada,” by Lillian Stokes and Matthew A. Young, published in 2024, is ...

DEAR JOAN: A male house finch that is a regular visitor to my deck for sunflower ... DEAR JOAN: Facebook now has daily videos of certain marine animals completely covered in barnacles. Most are whales ...