One of North America’s most successful and controversial biological invasions began with a small experiment in New York City’s Central Park. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jul. 19—The summer solstice had barely passed and we were within the first week of July when I saw them. The first day I noticed ...

During summer, the European starling has a yellow beak and a glossy black body with iridescence. Photo by Rhododentrites (creativecommons.org/licenses) Species ...

Imagine a wealthy New Yorker standing in Central Park in 1890, opening a few small cages, and letting go of birds that had never before flown over American soil. It seemed like a harmless, even ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ecosystems exist in a delicate balance, and rogue elements can easily tip them out of equilibrium. Invasive species already wreak ...

Ms. Renkl is a contributing Opinion writer who covers flora, fauna, politics and culture in the American South. See more of our coverage in your search results.Encuentra más de nuestra cobertura en ...

Most of you who read my weekly column probably know that both bluebirds and robins lay blue eggs. But these eggs are from neither. These are European starling eggs. European starlings were introduced ...

The summer solstice had barely passed and we were within the first week of July when I saw them. The first day I noticed what I take to be a sign of Autumn: multiple family groups of European ...

Ecosystems exist in a delicate balance, and rogue elements can easily tip them out of equilibrium. Invasive species already wreak havoc on the wild spaces and agriculture of New York. The state ...

Three European starlings chatter while perched on a wire. One account for the introduction of this non-native species to the U.S. was a mission to ensure every bird mentioned in the works of ...