Capt. Brandon Minneman, 43, a 17-year veteran of Kent-based Puget Sound Fire, died June 24 of cancer.

The tracking system could not be more user-friendly. Participants need to report the number of birds they spotted and ...

You’re outside when suddenly you hear an unfamiliar chirp. Looking around, you wonder, “Is it a squirrel?” “Is it a bat?” And ...

In fact, when John and his wife, Abigail Adams, moved in in 1800, the White House was barely finished. The house was kept ...

A simple name for a beautifully simple song. The chiffchaff’s “chiff-chaff” call marks the sound of spring across Europe. Listen to this clear and rhythmic birdsong echoing through the forest.

Jam-packed with waterfalls tumbling through dramatic gorges, the vibrant college town of Ithaca in New York’s Finger Lakes ...

My family moved to Glen Ellyn from Chicago in 1997. Right away I joined the DuPage Birding Club, and 11 years later I took a ...

The increasingly popular gadgets, which take photos of avian visitors, are turning at-home birding into a shared experience.

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The Idahoans got 11,000 acres of paradise. As you drive through the entrance, the landscape unfolds like nature’s version of a red carpet. Rolling meadows stretch toward distant mountains, their edges ...

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Still, “nature does not have to be expansive or pristine,” Frantz says. Put up a smart bird feeder in your yard or download an app like Merlin Bird ID, which identifies birds based on their songs.