Jeff Carter took this photo of a large covey of California Quail as they were foraging for seeds under a juniper following ...

Salted caramel and white chocolate from a relative newbie, a pistachio scoop from a local legend, the spot all dessert-fiends ...

Modern life makes us tired, right? But research from societies in Africa and South America suggests people in the ancient ...

Philadelphia and Kansas City book a championship rematch—with NFL history on the line, plus a few new wrinkles.

The piping plover may have a new predator to worry about – the common grackle, which has been photographed for the first time eating eggs in a nest of the endangered migratory bird. “This behavior ...

It is inevitable that uneaten seeds will spill out of your bird feeders. The birds themselves may knock some of it out in all ...

I have two bird feeders off of my back deck. They hang from tall poles as a vain attempt to keep the squirrels from eating all of the birdseed! But to refill them, I must take them down and handle ...

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I have two bird feeders off of my back deck. They hang from tall poles as a vain attempt to keep the squirrels from eating all of the birdseed! But to refill them, I must take them down and handle ...

Linda Nolan passed away last Wednesday, aged 65, after a five-year fight with secondary breast cancer. Her sister Coleen has ...

Scientists in Egypt have been left shocked after finding a species that hadn't been seen in the country for 5,000 years. The ...

Some 300 schools in Bangkok were closed this week due to air pollution, according to the city's administration.