Here are some of the commonest clues to find, and when and where you might spot them… Soft mud, fresh snow and damp sand all capture the press of paw, hoof and claw as animals go about their lives.

I open the pantry door and the eastern phoebe flies off the nest. Her cup-shaped home is made of mud, covered in moss and cantilevered over a glass light fixture — an avian Fallingwater. Her ...

Deer mice cache food, especially seeds, in holes in the ground, in tree cavities, and even in bird nests, storing up to 0.6 L (1 pt) in each location for later use. In spite of autumn fat deposition ...

Researchers keep on finding evidence that deer like a protein snack of bird from time to time. Deer eating birds opportunistically seems to be a wider-spread phenomenon than we previously thought.

A bird apparently mistook Fox News reporter Peter Doocy’s hair for a nest when it tried to land on his head during a broadcast outside the White House Friday.

A study from William & Mary found strong negative relationships between deer populations and some forest songbirds among the fragmented forest patches on the coast.

The bald eagle, which became the country’s national bird on Christmas Eve, no longer avoids Chicago.

Deer are graceful and beautiful animals and native inhabitants of Virginia’s forests. They were hunted nearly to extinction by 1900, but have slowly recovered as a result of habitat managemen… ...

A research team has found birds' nests around Europe that contain strips of anti-bird metal spikes. They say birds seem to be protecting their nests with devices people use to shoo birds away.