Children today are growing up in a world of constant noise, such as screens, pressure, comparison, and isolation. And the ...

Bill Danielson recounts a fleeting winter encounter with a yellow-bellied sapsucker, capturing a few unforgettable photos and ...

The cycles found throughout nature are full of endings, fresh starts, and plenty of resets, whether we are talking about ...

Dr. Elisabeth Willers knows how fragile the human spirit can be; she has lived at the intersection of medicine, motherhood, ...

Although the temperatures of 27degrees F to 39 degrees F were above average, our lakes (Lincoln & Hamlin) were mostly frozen, ...

Ocracoke on the last day of 2025. Photo by Dennis McCunney By Peter Vankevich The birds of Ocracoke proved watcher-friendly for the annual Christmas Bird Count held on Dec. 31. For the second ...

You might spot some of these woodpeckers stashing acorns in your garden, while others can be identified by their beautiful ...

My inherited home is where I learned to love watching birds. My mother’s simple feeders attracted amazing birds—the usual ...

For decades now, local naturalist Jim Gilbert has been providing his observations of the great outdoors. Here are a few area ...

One day after a Montgomery County judge ordered tree-sitters to come down from where they had been blocking work on a natural gas pipeline, or be taken down by authorities, a lieutenant colonel with ...