Writer Tom Vanderbilt on the whys—and hows—of taking an Adventure Day every three months for your body and mind.

Imagine taking a walk around Birmingham’s Railroad Park with your family a few days before Christmas, and suddenly, you discover a rare owl that has not been seen in Alabama for about a decade. That ...

There are also great bird clubs, like the Stanton Bird Club in Lewiston, the Augusta Birding Club (guess where), and two ...

Judy Rowen looks for a wood duck while participating in the Galveston Christmas Bird Count on Dec. 16, 2025. Stepping slowly through the brush of a small wooded area on the east end of Galveston ...

Backyard birding can be a wonderful winter pastime, but it’s important to do it safely — for your sake and the birds’. Jillian Kilborn is particularly excited to put up her bird feeders this year.

Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. Like most ardent birders, ...

In a fast-paced screen-saturated world, could setting your phone aside and picking up some binoculars to appreciate nature be the perfect way to slow down? New research by excursion booking platform ...

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (WPRI) — More than 300 bird species call Massachusetts home, but the purple gallinule isn’t one of them. The tropical bird is generally found in South America and southern Florida, ...

A new short film about the making of The Beatles’ 1994 single "Free as a Bird" has just been released to YouTube. The short film features never-before-seen footage from the studio sessions for the ...

The US experienced its first known bird flu deaths this year, igniting concerns that the virus could set off a pandemic in people. Nevertheless, it still reined in the outbreak enough to warrant ...

A woman in New Bedford had an unexpected guest Friday night after she found a tropical bird in her backyard. The New England Wildlife Center said they received a call about the Purple Gallinule ...

Moderna Inc. will get as much as $54.3 million for a late-stage trial of its bird flu vaccine in a sign of how outside groups could help fill the void after the Trump administration slashed federal ...