Winter in Chautauqua County has a way of slowing things down. Snow blankets our backyards, the Lake Erie wind sweeps across ...

My region for the annual Christmas Bird Count (CBC) was 11A, which circles Montezuma Town and borders a section of Port Byron ...

Bird enthusiasts of all ages can compete to spot the most species across NM, ranked 4th nationally for bird diversity with over 550 species identified.

The 2026 PBR Unleash The Beast season comes into Boston’s TD Garden on Jan. 2–3, marking one of the first major stops of the new year as the sport’s top riders and rankest bulls continue their push ...

Birds are some of nature’s most beautiful creatures — but a few of our feathered friends are truly bizarre — like these 25 ...

On a fine gray afternoon in late October, I came across an impressive cone midden beneath a towering red spruce. While it was surely the work of an industrious squirrel — perhaps a family, given the ...

Public health officials are warning that members of the public may have been exposed to measles at several locations across ...

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

Each case has been the subject of a major police investigation with some of them dating back to the pre-war era and others in the last decade ...

When a western banded gecko wants to eat a defenseless cricket or worm, it just gulps it down. “Pretty boring,” says Malachi Whitford, an ecologist at Clovis Community College, in California. But if ...

Benny Rivero scanned a tangle of underbrush at Sagamore Hill in Oyster Bay, looking for a fluttering movement or a flash of color. “There,” he said, pointing to a small slate-colored bird with a pale ...

A study conducted by researchers from Murdoch University in Australia and Dalian Ocean University in China has found that offshore windfarms can improve marine ecosystems and diversify aquatic food ...