The enduring brilliance of the 2001 comedy Shrek is that, while it’s ostensibly a film for kids, there are no shortage of jokes that only adults are meant to get. Start with the very name of the ...

Because the incidence of vector-borne diseases like malaria, dengue fever, Lyme disease and salmonellosis has increased, ...

The days might be short and chilly, but midwinter offers a special time to appreciate birds and the various light and casts under which they appear, writes David Campbell.

The striking red songbird, the scarlet tanager, flies from South America each spring to breed in Pennsylvania's forests ...

In 2001, one of baseball's first viral moments played out on a spring training field. Those who were there relive the "Sea of ...

In 2001, one of baseball's first viral moments played out on a spring training field. Those who were there relive the "Sea of ...

The fighting continues in the Middle East, and oil’s back on the move, as the clock ticks on President Donald Trump’s five-day deadline for resolving differences with Iran. That’s the backdrop for ...

Research from Poland adds to evidence from Latin American countries that compounds in used cigarette butts ward off parasites in bird nests. By Lesley Evans Ogden Darwin’s finches in the Galápagos, ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Fifty years ago, in a small San Francisco office above a fast-food restaurant, a ...

BOSTON – Jaylen Brown blew apart the Suns like a supernova Monday night, exploding for a game-high 41 points while going a ...

Since the 1970s, the U.S. has lost billions of birds. We now know that those losses aren’t just growing – they are accelerating in places with intensive human activity, particularly where agriculture ...