A painted bunting sports a rainbow of colors. Learn what males and females look like, what they eat, and what they sound like ...

I often hear people say I wish we could return to the good old days when times were much simpler. However in remembering the past, we often choose to remember the good times and forget the bad times.

Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad ...

Spring in the Berkshires is an iffy business for anyone expecting good behavior. It’s erratic, never the same as last year, never the bucolic weeks of warming sun that we ...

The sight of tiny sparrows fluttering between the branches of a hedge is a quintessential part of a walk in the countryside. Just as the repetitive “tap-tap-tap” of the woodpecker, the ...

Tiny leaf buds are forming on the apple and dogwood trees in Chris Kuhlow’s Port Jefferson Station backyard, and leaves are ...

On Monday, April 7, the Florida Gators will face off against the Houston Cougars with the national title on the line. In the ...

From the adorable but deadly pine marten to the massive sperm whale, get to know some of the amazing animals that call ...

Male and female blue jays look similar, with exquisite bar patterns on their ... but assertive and numerous so they will take over nests and feeding stations. Bluebirds, who naturally nest in tree ...

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