The arrival of March brings early signs of spring, indicated by changes in bird behavior. Birds such as Horned Larks, Cardinals, and House Finches begin singing and pairing off for nesting season.

Puffins carefully gather grass, twigs, and feathers to line the burrows where they lay their eggs. Discover the fascinating nesting behaviors and survival instincts that help these seabirds protect ...

America’s national bird added a new chapter to its closely watched nesting season this week after a well-known bald eagle pair laid a second egg at their California nest — a moment captured live as ...

KILLDEER, N.D. — The Killdeer City Commission met last night for a regular biweekly meeting, with agenda items including the proposed new grocery store location, wayfinding signage updates, updates ...

Heatwaves, characterized by prolonged periods of excessively high temperatures, can have profound impacts on ecosystems. While much attention is given to how such extreme weather affects human ...

Earlier this week, on our weekly Sunday walk on the Peavine Trail, I observed an adult bald eagle, presumably the female, sitting on the nest, with her mate perched only a few feet away. The nest site ...

Back in October, Google ended software support for the original and second-generation Nest Learning Thermostats. On the surface, that doesn’t seem totally unreasonable, considering those original ...

When you think of things that are quintessentially Russian, you might think of those painted wooden nesting dolls stacked one inside another. NPR's John Ruwitch visited the place where most of the ...

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world. Matryoshka dolls are a Russian folk art tradition dating back over a ...