Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to ...

Birdwatching is fun. Having birds in your backyard is even more fun. You don't want the wrong types of bird, though, and ...

Today, and a testament to its survival skills, the European Starling is one of North America’s most common songbirds, with an estimated population of 200 million ranging between Canada and Mexico.

European Starling (also called common starling) are originally from Europe and East Asia. In the early 1890s a flock of 100 birds was intentionally introduced in New York City’s Central Park.

A particular bird that’s mostly black and often is considered to be a member of the blackbird family is the European Starling — but it is not! It’s in a family of its own and this bird comes ...

Birds can nest in inconvenient spots like flower pots, planters, and hanging baskets. There are rules against disturbing ...

The four most numerous bird species in the world as listed by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) — house sparrow, barn swallow, European starling and ring-billed gull — are found in ...

Many familiar birds of the urban environments represent species that were introduced from outside of North America. In Iowa, these include rock pigeon, European starling and house sparrow, which ...

I crept around the back corner of my grandfather’s house, BB gun in hand. The bing cherry tree outside the front porch was ...

Purple martins are gorgeous backyard birds, known for their iridescent feathers and mid-sky acrobatics. As North America’s ...

European starlings are one of my favorite "winter’s coming" birds. We have a couple that nest during the summer in a cavity high up in a dead poplar, but rarely see them. This time of year ...

His copious research on a bird deemed a nuisance by most Americans reveals that the history and characteristics of Sturnus vulgaris, the European starling, makes it a fascinating species.