Small, round and bouncy, they never fail to draw attention.  They’re family Paridae, the vocal and acrobatic passerines that across the pond are known as tits. In North America, of course, they’re our ...

I’ve been waiting for winter weather to start since the end of October, and now it is the month that spring officially begins and I feel I’ve missed it. Yes, we’ve had a couple episodes of ...

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

As Wichita Symphony Orchestra concertmaster Holly Mulcahy and composer Daniel Perttu began to collaborate on a violin ...

Q: I spotted an eagle flying over a flock of coots swimming on a lake, but the coots kept diving and the eagle wasn’t catching any. After a while the eagle flew off to rest in a tree, just as a second ...

The beloved musical film, starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, has been one of our favorite things since it premiered in 1965 Alamy The cast of The Sound of Music is as tight as Julie ...

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A new study looking at the brains of expert birdwatchers found they were structurally more efficient, allowing them to retain ...

Killdeer seems a rather strange name for a bird, but it’s quite appropriate for this species of shorebird. When alarmed they belt out a piercing call that sounds like “kill-deer! kill-deer!,” ...

The Rotary Centre for the Arts (RCA) is welcoming spring with the launch of its new season of arts programs, offering hands-on classes ...

Anna "Chickadee" Cardwell died in December 2023 at age 29 Sabienna Bowman is a Digital News Editor at PEOPLE, where she has been working since 2023. She previously worked at POPSUGAR, Bustle and ...