This story begins with an unexpected incident that occurred when a University of Arizona science writer was taking ... While gazing skyward at the winged creatures, he suddenly felt a droplet ...

Full-grown moths fly for anything from a few days to several weeks, but it must be remembered that these winged creatures are simply one stage ... Laura Parker is a countryside writer who contributes ...

Guess what? I survived! So, it’s Halloween time. ... You really think these creatures are lovable little buggers. Oh, absolutely. And we need them in our backyards. It was hard to study bats.

The winged creatures the girl loved are plentiful at Brandi Fenton Memorial Park, so named because her mom helped raise more than $1.5 million toward its construction. Brandi was 13 when she died ...

A haven for winged creatures and birdwatchers alike, this historic wonder is one of the oldest refuges in the National Wildlife Refuge System. Of those 86,000 acres, 43 miles are located along the ...

Frank Baum historian Kathleen Sorbello Di Scenna, who has been studying the writer for more than 40 years. “Welcome back home to Roselawn, L. Frank Baum and the entire Baum family.” ...

An Australian author jailed in China has detailed his "unbearable" prison suffering in a letter to supporters, saying he still dreams of returning home one day. "All of this solicitude and solace ...

A Fairbanks biologist recently cupped in his hand a tiny bird whose arrival he had been rooting for. That bird — a female Hammond’s flycatcher — now holds the title of the oldest known of ...

Luke is the only gospel writer who tells the parables of the prodigal son (15:11-32) and the good Samaritan (10:25-37). He alone tells us the stories of Mary and Martha (10:38-42) and of the ...

Writers who contemplate going onstage tend to fall into two camps: those who know better and those who should but don’t. Of the second kind, The New Yorker has, over its hundred years, produced ...