Stone terraces cascade down the hillside offering views that stretch forever, like standing on nature’s own balcony seats. Photo credit: Brendon T. Chances are you’ve driven past this place a hundred ...

Each February, crowds gather at Gobbler’s Knob in Pennsylvania to watch Punxsutawney Phil predict the weather. In 2026, the ...

The sounds of spring have taken over the state of Minnesota. The birds are singing, weathermen are promising double-digit snow totals, and Minnesota ...

Conversations with friends have an ease that is hard to replicate with someone you have just met—often replies come more naturally and timing just seems to click. A strikingly similar pattern plays ...

There's one day I look forward to every year: when I awake to the sound of birds singing in the trees. This week, I got to combine that with the sound of rain (not snow!), kids playing outside and ...

In early March, birds that have been gone all winter begin appearing at my feeder. One of the earliest of these spring migrants is a brown-backed sparrow with a white ...

Learning to use your natural voice to replicate a barred owl is easier than you might think. Here are tips to get started.

Recently there have been fascinating discoveries about the evolution of great tit song. Researchers at a long-running research project in Wytham Woods near Oxford found that great tits of a similar ...

GOODYEAR, Arizona — Hayden Birdsong, on the whole, has not had a good spring. In his first outing, he allowed five runs and recorded one out. His second appearance was no better: one inning, three ...

A bird scientists knew for 150 years just turned out to be five. The Amazon was hiding more than anyone expected.

At the end of the act, the audience let out an animal roar. You sometimes hear that in an opera house. And when you do, it’s thrilling. When Nézet-Séguin returned for Act II, he received a rapturous ...

OK, that last part is a joke. Their decorating skills are pedestrian at best, and as it turns out, they have a fondness for ...