Last Sunday marked the end of an era in New Zealand with the sad passing of the conservationist and ornithologist and all round inspiration...

Because of my job I have, of late, been spending lots of time in southern New Jersey.  Of course I have not been spending...

The Quaker poet John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892) is well-known for his efforts as a writer, editor, legislator, and abolitionist. Countless towns, schools, and natural formations...

Every child who has ever seen a cartoon featuring Wile E Coyote and Road Runner has to have wondered if poor Wile E ever...

On Magical Mystery Tour, The Beatles’ famous 1967 album,  there is an odd song called “Blue Jay Way” which was written by George Harrison while...

There is really nothing to say about this other than, um, wow? Don’t forget that if you want to be able to identify the...

In the final version of Walt Whitman’s famed poetry collection Leaves of Grass – the “Deathbed Edition” – there is a poem dedicated to the Magnificent...

Ravens fascinate people.  Their obvious intelligence, their vocalizations, their roles in the mythologies of multiple cultures, their all-black plumage, their cachet, their just plain...