Another year, another (American) Thanksgiving. Time to trot out the turkey facts! This day of thanks is, after all, known as Turkey Day. Please...

Next Thursday is the American Thanksgiving holiday – which means it’s time to trot out that old legend concerning Benjamin Franklin’s opinions on two...

It’s a sometimes-painful fact of life that some fruits are easier to cope with as food than others. This condition applies to making fermented...

Birders, it is time we banded together. For too long the scourge of spring migration, the blight of Big Days, the bane of birding,...

The second Sunday in May is the day many countries around the world, including the United States, set aside for the celebration of mothers....

Whatever you intend to do today, do it with someone special. Make time for each other. Enjoy each other’s company. Usually, surprises are well...

(All respectable publications should have their holiday traditions. This evergreen post, first written in 2004, has become a 10,000 Birds staple. Merry Christmas!) Everybody...

North Americans may find this hard to believe, but the House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) is beloved around the world yet slowly declining throughout the...