Megan Rapinoe and Sue Bird — two legendary sports stars who were in a relationship for nearly 10 years — announced their separation Friday in a statement on social media. Subscribe to read this story ...

At first glance, Arina Borevich’s tiny felted sculptures look like fantasy creatures dreamed up for a storybook. But they’re actually based on real animals: nudibranchs, a group of sea slugs known for ...

Want to learn about the birds in your yard? These are the latest deals on the camera-equipped feeders I regularly use myself and would recommend. After testing smart bird feeders year-round for WIRED ...

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Sitting on a park bench and observing woodpeckers could be quite beneficial, as a new study has found that bird-watching may enhance cognitive function as you age. The Canadian study was published Feb ...

To learn more about our editorial approach, explore The Direct Message methodology. Derek, a 51-year-old software architect in Portland, hadn’t taken a real lunch break in six years. He ate at his ...

About 150 million years ago, in a coastal lagoon in what is now southern Germany, the oldest known bird gobbled up food with a beak built for efficient eating. It’s finely tuned mouth anatomy, ...

No one crows louder than the proverbial “early bird”, boasting about their pre-work run to anyone who’ll listen. Night owls, on the other hand, often pride themselves on their bursts of productivity ...

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced Thursday that it had five preliminary positive cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza, or bird flu, in Suffolk County.

A crucial part of birds’ eyes is unlike any tissue known in vertebrate animals. Their retina – the light-sensitive layer at the back of the eye – sidesteps the near-universal need for oxygen by ...

When discussing Larry Bird, the first image that often comes to mind is the authority with which he led the Boston Celtics to arguably become one of the greatest dynasties in the league during the ...

There’s an unwritten rule in publishing, or so I’ve been told: don’t write about COVID. Our collective attention span has been saturated by those endless months holed up in attics and cramped corners ...