The Amazon rainforest has yielded yet another new species, according to a recent study published in Zootaxa. Discovered in ...

Herbie Hancock played an impressive mix of jazz and humor that grabbed the audience’s attention at Hill Auditorium.

Like the song says, it’s time for mistletoe and holly. The holly tree has been a winter favorite throughout human history, but the genus, which includes hundreds of species, goes back much further ...

Age-old holiday traditions may have holly and ivy ushering in the festivities. Still, if you pay attention to the lyrics of ...

The slaty-masked tinamou, found in Brazil, is utterly unafraid of people. That could be its undoing, ornithologists worry.

This bird is totally crazy-looking, and it is an opera singer,” says a biologist from Colombia and an expert on Neotropical ...

Bored of the same old peonies and hostas? There are thousands of beautiful yet forgotten plants out there that add color, ...

Yogurt, kefir, kimchi, sauerkraut, tempeh, and kombucha are among the fermented foods that may help lower blood pressure, some better than others. Learn more.

The Celts believed that all trees were sacred; each had a special curative property or spiritual significance. Among our ...

HANGZHOU -- New DNA analysis of soil sediments from a Song Dynasty (960-1279) shipwreck unearthed along the shore of Wenzhou city in East China's Zhejiang province has revealed that yams were once ...

You also may have noticed on cold mornings that our wild birds look a little rounder and fluffier than usual. By fluffing up ...

Hawfinches are nature’s nutcrackers. They’re chunky and powerful birds, with a huge beak that’s strong enough to crack open ...