Irish people have historically looked to the natural world to forecast the weather and make sense of their surroundings.

Turquoise waves splash against the white sand beaches of the Bijagos archipelago, where locals fear rising sea levels will ...

Many Northeast and North Central Nebraskans are likely to recall this well-known Christmas story that was shared by the late ...

The cultural stories attached to the turtle dove are so complicated, so varied, that you could well imagine them framing one of those riddles you find inside a Christmas cracker. ‘Which bird, named ...

When André Apolinario was a child, his parents had an argument over a bird’s nest. The swallows' nest was a fixture on the facade of their house in Gaia, Portugal, had to be removed by workers who ...

Along certain coastal cliffs in Ireland, visitors notice an unusual acoustic effect: voices seem to vanish into the air instead of echoing back. It feels as though the cliff “swallows” sound. This ...

Meet a katydid that sounds like a bird and is as big as one too! It's even able to modulate its call to avoid attracting bats ...

Cowbirds are special among songbirds for the "watery" timbre of their singing, which resembles the sound of falling droplets ...

Warblers in high mountain wetlands change their dawn singing with temperature, rain, wind, humidity and moonlight, showing ...

Your kids might think that birds simply disappear for the winter. But plenty of species don’t actually migrate south during the cold months; others might be making your neighborhood their winter home.

LINWOOD, Kan. (KCTV) - The highly contagious bird flu is surging across the Kansas City metro - and wildlife officials warn that it could spread to cats and humans. Operation Wildlife issued an urgent ...

Some animals can sleep with just half their brain at a time. Understanding this phenomenon can help us learn more about human ...