Birds such as crows and ravens may have a bad rap thanks to superstitions and negative portrayals in popular culture, but they offer a lot more than fodder for scary stories.

Birds such as crows and ravens may have a bad rap thanks to superstitions and negative portrayals in popular culture, but they offer a lot more than fodder for scary stories.

Birds are kind of scary and we don't know why. Maybe it's because they're fast flyers, or they're always pecking at dirty stuff, or they just seem to be everywhere at all times, loudly chirping away.

Extreme cold weather can kill some birds, Gress said. He recalls a die-off of Carolina wrens during a severe cold snap 30 or 40 years ago. But ice cover is more of a problem. "If ice covers too ...

A federal agency is resuming its efforts to scare crows and starlings away from downtown Indianapolis to prevent them from roosting and becoming a wintertime nuisance. Staffers with the U.S ...