There are thousands of species of birds, and many of their names are well-known to us—blue jay, robin, and mallard, to name just a few. But we have little understanding of the holistic nature of ...

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The term Mohawk refers to the Mohawk people, an indigenous tribe who plucked the hair from the sides of their heads, leaving ...

On Thasos, a walk up the hill from the harbour to the Greco-Roman theatre passed through scrub of evergreen oak, olive, ...

But that namesake yellow rump and some sunnier side patches are key clues in fall and winter. Wait for a bird to turn around or fly away from you to get a good look at its gleaming keister and ...

Green Bottom Wildlife Management Area Located 15 miles northeast of Huntington, this 1,096-acre area along the Ohio River is one of West Virginia’s most popular and productive birding sites. It’s also ...

Ausable Marsh offers an environmentally abundant alternative to the busier Ausable Point Story and photos by Tim Rowland The 660-acre Ausable Marsh Wildlife Management Area in Peru is a spot I’d ...

Cowbird mothers abandon their eggs in the nests of other bird species, but the chicks somehow manage to find their flock and ...

The Cheyenne Big Day is all about counting as many species of birds as we can in one calendar day. The Cheyenne High Plains ...

With its bright golden mantle and jet-black body, it would be hard to mistake the yellow-headed blackbird for any other species.

At the close of “Candide,” 18th-century philosopher Voltaire suggested that we must take care of our own garden — perhaps a suggestion that our focus in the world is best trained on what’s at home.

Only 18 are known to have arrived on the mainland, and they're set to disappear in just three months. Find out what you need ...