What Does a Tree Swallow Look Like? The tree swallow is typically a straightforward enough bird to identify, even for newer birders. With shiny, almost iridescent teal upperparts and white below, ...

As an 8-year-old child, I remember patrolling rows of zinnias and snapdragons that the Westchester Farms grew for cut flowers ...

Bellevue Botanical Garden will debut a new feature this spring: Habitats at Home. Ahead of Earth Day, we got the scoop on the ...

(via Steve Mould) Thanks to Galilean relativity it should be just as hard to run on an inclined treadmill as it is to run on a hill of the same incline. But you don't gain... (via Minute Earth) There ...

Since Monday, April 7, all bird keepers in Cumbria are now required to house their birds. These measures also apply to County Durham, Northumberland, and Tyneside These housing measures are an ...

Cumberland Council has reiterated the advice recently issued by DEFRA (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) after a ‘marked increase’ in cases of avian influenza (AI) among both kept ...

New Zealand's newest Great Ride is a glorious romp through some of the South Island's most spectacular scenery, writes Rob McFarland.

The northern ice cap is shrinking by 13 per cent every decade. Greenland's ice sheet is shedding 270 billion tonnes a year. If that process continues, raising sea levels globally by more than seven ...

All birds fly high in the sky, soaring to new heights in search of a home and food. However, while some are always visible to us-- like pigeons and crows-- others do not even catch the human eye ...

The country is burning. Thousands of feet below, coils of smoke rise from dozens of fires dotted across the landscape, ...