Also known as selective breeding, artificial selection is the human-guided cousin of evolution by natural selection. Instead ...

Connecticut is dotted with charming towns, but Essex stands in a league of its own – a triple threat of maritime heritage, ...

Occupying a former warehouse space that hints at McCall’s industrial past, Timberline Relics specializes in larger antiques that make bold statements. The cavernous space allows for an impressive ...

The concept of loyalty, which is fidelity and absolute faith in an ideal, a set of objectives, or fanatical attachment or ...

Scientists suspect that subtle biological tools help guide remarkable bird migrations over thousands of miles.

At first glance, feathers may seem like simple parts of a bird’s body. But if you look closer—under a microscope or through a ...

Lace up those comfortable sneakers, and get out your bug spray and field guides, because we’re about to go birder-watching.

Loretta Swit, who played Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan on seminal TV comedy "MASH," died Friday at her home in New York ...

The summer concert season is heating up this month, plus there are a lot of Pride and Juneteenth events to check out.

SAN FRANCISCO – In the classic film “The Birds,’’ flocks of crows and other species suddenly and viciously attack people for no apparent reason. Now another Bay Area-based mystery has ...

A major collection of more than 50 bird fossils found in northern Alaska suggest some ancient ancestors of modern birds ...

Thousands of fossils from the La Brea tar pits in California show no signs of mammals and birds evolving in response to ...