Joni Mitchell has become renowned for rich, almost magical songs, and fellow musical greats like Herbie Hancock and Prince have covered her work.

TRENTON, OH — For Vickey Sasser, every dulcimer tells the story of Appalachia and America. The mountain dulcimer, a string instrument popular in American folk music, first appeared in America in the ...

You normally would not associate foiling with seagull racing. But this is not your average seagull racing story and Michael ‘Happy’ Henderson and colleague Joe ‘Mama’ Leureux are certainly not your ...

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From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This Appalachian dulcimer was made by ...

Seagull is one of three pets available in the Common Summer Egg that was added to Grow a Garden as part of the Summer Harvest update. This launched on June 21, 2025. If you're hoping to add the ...

Animal campaigners say they felt "sick to the stomach" and have "no respect" for Natural England after it allowed a business to cull an endangered species of bird. Suffolk Police received reports of ...

Campaigners outraged after Natural England approved a gull cull in Ipswich. Rooftop footage shows a man with an air rifle-style gun among nesting gulls. Critics question why endangered, red-listed ...

June 15, 2026 Beneath our feet lies a vast hidden fungal superhighway that helps sustain much of life on Earth—and scientists have now mapped it for the first time. Researchers estimate that these ...

Past ice sheets have retreated rapidly, raising global sea level at rates >1 cm per year, with marine ice sheets collapsing and terrestrial ice sheets retreating in a more gradual fashion. The ...

Sargassum plants are a nuisance on some beaches, but they are a shelter and a feast for a complex and amazing variety of marine life. A clump of sargassum weed the size of a soccer ball drifts near ...