Do you know what I love about October? Pumpkins! Everywhere you look in the United States around this time of year, giant orange squashes...

We humans have a very deep and powerful urge to assemble individual data points into some sort of larger construct — to label and...

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Timothy Barksdale is a birder, Prairie Chicken documentarian, and wildlife videographer well-known for his stunning Adventures with Birdman. He’s got a different view on...

You should know by now that there are a good number of birds that spend an appreciable amount of time underwater. There are, for...

The Tennessee Warbler is a poster child for the boreal forests of Canada and the far northern United States.  Its population actually fluctuates in...

The final answer. Thank you all for your good wishes on this last quiz.  And great appreciation for all the guesses and answers, right...

What a weekend. New Yorkers enjoyed gorgeous, summer weather and will next enjoy a growing sense of dread as temperatures first wane then plummet....