And birdwatchers throughout Alabama are hoping to catch sight of one before they head north for the summer. The cerulean ...

The difference between the sexes, males have a lot more black streaking, especially on their underparts and cheek. Females and juveniles are similar to one another but with paler plumage and less ...

This week’s featured creature is a bird that has been in the Ada area for the past few weeks but will soon be moving on.

May is such an exciting month when our resident redpolls and chickadees are joined by migrants from all over the world.

It’s April 28 and I’m getting ready to submit my column to the Times News. My Carbon County bird list has slowly crept up to ...

Spring is happening, very slowly but surely. Purple mountain saxifrage has been blooming, salmonberry flowers appear, yellow violets are starting to flower. However, I have looked at countless stands ...

Girl power is not just a human thing; bonobos might’ve figured it out first. In the heart of the Congo rainforest, bonobos challenge everything we know about dominance in the animal world.

How a Chinese delicacy got caught in the crossfire of Trump’s trade war Challah French toast is a simple but indulgent breakfast to make Mom on Mother’s Day Female bonobos’ combined numbers seem to ...

Now, scientists say they’ve found the secret to this paradox: Female bonobos maintain power by forming alliances to suppress male aggression. “Male dominance is not evolutionarily inevitable ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Short-distance migrants: These can include the eastern phoebe, the yellow-bellied sapsucker and ... The blackpoll warbler songbird can fly as far from Alaska to the Amazon.