All Animals magazine

We can all prevent supposedly animal-friendly landscaping methods from backfiring through careful product selection and monitoring. Here are a few tips.

As it turns out, just beneath the surface of our leaf piles, decaying perennial stalks, grasses and patches of soil are many more species who have no voice to signal their presence. By bringing a reverent approach to your patch of earth this spring, you can save lives.

Homegrown gardens can help prevent pollinator poisonings. Here are a few tips for success.

Whether you have a patio, balcony or rooftop, you can create pocket habitats by thinking from other species’ perspectives. Here’s how.

You don’t have to break the bank to create a lovely backyard haven.

By catering to caterpillars, you can create a butterfly garden.

What you don’t know can hurt birds. Planting bird food is a natural alternative to purchasing sunflower seed and other commercial crops where lethal wildlife control has sometimes been used to protect harvests.

A microcosm of our contradictory relationships with animals, human-squirrel interactions have long been shortsighted. Although a common animal, squirrels live an uncommon life.

The elements we all too often chop down, rake away, chase with leaf blowers, bag up to be hauled off like trash are homes for other species, not to mention restaurants, kitchens and nurseries. For so many animals, life begins in the decay.