The longest running community science project I know of is the Audubon Christmas Bird Count (CBC). It was begun on Christmas ...

Local authorities report that five people have died in a house fire in eastern France NEUVES-MAISONS, France -- Five people have died in a blaze that ravaged a home in a small town in eastern France, ...

A little one-ounce blue, orange and white bird is a good news environmental story, for a change. Amid what seems like never-ending doom-and-gloom reports about climate change, biodiversity loss, ...

Update: Authorities on Monday identified the person who was killed in this fire as Russell Olson, 93, of Fairfax. One person is dead and two others have been taken to the hospital after a house caught ...

SANTA ROSA COUNTY, Fla. (WKRG) — Interested in learning how to build a birdhouse? Well, the Santa Rosa County 4-H is offering you the opportunity to learn. The Bluebird Box Building Workshop will be ...

UPPER TOWNSHIP – The North American Bluebird Society (NABS) has been around since 1978, with many chapters in both Canada and the United States. But Allen Jackson, of Millville, noticed that New ...

As September begins, many adult male ruby-throated hummingbirds are heading to their winter homes in southern Mexico and Central America. They are usually the first of the hummingbirds to leave. Then ...

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Silas House poses for portrait at his home in Lexington, Ky., on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. Ryan C. Hermens [email protected] Editor’s Note: As Lexington celebrates the 250th anniversary of ...

Since I first started putting up bluebird nesting boxes back in 2016, I have had to think about a much less-beloved bird, the house sparrow, that also loves nesting in these boxes. House sparrows are ...

Western Bluebirds are delightful little thrushes with cobalt blue backs and rusty orange chests. Thanks to a group of Tehachapi volunteers, led by the dedicated and tireless Karen Pestana, more than 4 ...