It was early January, and the toyon sapling I’d planted the week before wasn’t nearly old enough to produce fruit. So I asked a friend if I could collect a handful of berries from a plant on their ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With more than 10,000 bird species on Earth, narrowing down the most beautiful is no simple task. Beauty in the natural world can ...

Sandhill cranes - with wingspans of up to 7 feet - are swooping into wetlands south of Willcox this month. Hundreds of the big birds have arrived so far on their annual migration from mountain states ...

IVANPAH DRY LAKE, Calif. — Workers at a state-of-the-art solar plant in the Mojave Desert have a name for birds that fly through the plant’s concentrated sun rays — “streamers,” for the smoke plume ...

We all know about the Indian Peafowl, or more specifically the Peacock, which just so happens to be the first entry in this beautiful list. But have you seen the bright colors of the Himalayan Monal ...

For 500 miles, I’d driven south, air conditioner blasting, radio on. When I arrived at the desert field station and stepped out onto the gravel, I was hit all at once by the heat, the quiet, and a ...