The only thing louder than the gunshots ringing out in a rural area near Englewood, B.C., were the sounds of the screaming of ...

Merely balls of fire far, far away, stars may roar as they burn; but they have no gentle sound that gives them voice. Autumn can make it seem otherwise. Like its companion seasons, autumn invokes ...

Barn owls are nocturnal birds of prey that are known for their distinctive heart-shaped faces and haunting calls. They’re not very large, with an average weight of only about a pound, but they are ...

The Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winner returns with an epic tale set in Polynesia a thousand years in the past.

"Wreck" by Catherine Newman, the New York Times bestselling author of "Catastrophic Happiness," "Waiting for Birdy," "We All ...

Three screech-owls are found in North America: eastern, western and whiskered. But about 22 screech-owl species are found in the world, all in the Americas. Estimated breeding populations of ...

A high-pitched screech cuts the night air. Then silence. Minutes pass with only the low drone of crickets. Then you hear it, a soft, crescendoing hoot.

Gazing in that mirror, he committed to art in an instant, and just as swiftly all else was stripped away: his scholarship, ...

Today I learned you should never do anything near a cliff, on a busy street, by a body of water, or next to an open flame.

Welcome to what is another epic installment of your favorite hump day newsletter. This is the Wednesday Roundup. We've got a ...

Noah Donner has spent 20 years trying to find himself and learning to live after the tornado that devastated Eastbrook Mobile ...

What could be better than owning a pet? Having two, of course. Or maybe even three! The more, the merrier. But along with ...