The math that describes the branching pattern of trees in nature also holds for trees depicted in art—and may even underlie ...

A barred owl made quite a stir in Arlington, Virginia, over the Christmas holiday. The bird evidently was playing Santa Claus ...

FREEPORT, Maine — The American Birding Association has named its 2025 bird of the year, and it's a bird Mainers are quite familiar with. This year's winner is the common loon. "Loons are big, they're ...

The scale invariance in branch diameter dictates how much smaller a limb should be as it branches and how much investment a ...

Birds of the Brush art contest in Laredo featured nearly 300 entries from South Texas, judged by local experts.

The Sony World Photography Awards returns to celebrate contemporary photography and the ways the arts reflect the world around us. Here is a selection of the images from the winners of this year's ...

Organizations like Humedalia are working to preserve Xochimilco's traditional agriculture and stop environmental degradation.

There are water fowl on the lake (egrets and gulls, grebes and coots) and turkey vultures have recently been seen around in ...

In the final act, Dhaka's citizens storm the streets, demanding change. Industries comply, vehicles are upgraded, and construction sites become paragons of cleanliness. The city's skyline emerges, not ...

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This comes after dozens of geese died of suspected bird flu in Plymouth, Massachusetts over the weekend. It's the first known positive test of bird flu on the Amherst campus. The university has ...

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