New research reveals why barn swallows are declining — and how our barns may be part of both the problem and the solution.

Edgar’s Big Taco is on Highway 31 West of Kilgore, but state is taking over the property for roadway expansion. For the last three decades, Jason Reinfro has made Edgar’s Big Taco shop his go-to spot ...

Maybe it was the fact my mother let me stay up and watch "The Birds" when I was 5. Or it could have been our farm's overly confident barn swallows, who used to dive-bomb us kids and snatch the hair ...

In her Distinguished Research Lecture March 12, CU Boulder Professor Rebecca Safran will explore the recent and precipitous decrease in the population of barn swallows Some 10,000 years ago, the ...

Whether you love watching barn swallows up close or dread the mess they leave behind, a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert encourages you to take preventative action before the birds begin ...

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder—even if that beholder is a barn swallow. Depending on where the birds live, some of them may favor mates with a paler chest color while others find a redder chest ...

SET IN PLACE. KELLY O’BRIEN HAS MORE FROM RYE TONIGHT. SO WE’RE VERY, VERY ENCOURAGED BY THIS WHOLE VENTURE. THE RYE CONSERVATION COMMISSION SAYS THE GOSS FARM BARN SWALLOWS ARE MOVING INTO THEIR ...

It was — for far more than one reason — for the birds. Barn swallows — with their young tucked in a pair of nests built in the low-ceiling between two rows of stanchioned cows — were my ...

Estonia and Austria, two European countries, have named this species their national bird. George Grinnell played a huge role in early conservation. After he became editor of Forest and Stream magazine ...

TYLER, Texas (KLTV) -Bird watching can be a fun hobby in the backyard, but one type of bird is proving to be a nuisance for many, and taking care of them can be problematic, too, as barn swallows are ...