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Sparrow Smith says there’s “a very long, deep, complicated answer” to why, decades into her musical career, she decided to ...

A 3,000-ton locomotive was careening down the tracks with no crew on board. Authorities tried—and failed—to stop it. Then one ...

We asked the filmmakers of all 15 shortlisted shorts to send us the first piece of artwork they created for their films and ...

27 mins: Andrew Osborne with a moment of inexperience. He has time to make a decision on whether to kick or run after a poor ...

In a clip from David Attenborough 's 1998 BBC TV series Life of Birds, a lyrebird imitates a chainsaw, kookaburra and car ...

Evolutionary biologist Pamela Yeh and animal domestication expert Raffaela Lesch join Host Flora Lichtman to discuss how ...

Mansplaining has a way of showing up when no one asked for it, usually delivered with a level of confidence that doesn’t match the facts. And it’s rarely limited to one topic—men will “lecture” women ...

From the Pileated to the Acorn woodpecker, the Gila to the Williamson's Sapsucker, you can spot these stunning woodpeckers in ...

Hidden in plain sight along a bustling street in Alcoa, Tennessee sits a time capsule disguised as a restaurant.

Sometimes I catch myself classifying birds into two categories: fancy and regular. Shame on me. This is a bad attitude, because all birds are gorgeous little creatures. But I fear, after all these ...