A gorgeous male & female cardinal at a window bird feeder in New Brunswick ...

Male birds display bright colors to attract mates, signaling good health and fitness, according to scientific studies.

Birds are paragons of a natural phenomenon that we see every spring. In many species males become more colorful, displaying ...

This time of year, backyard bird enthusiasts are keeping an eye out for flashes of red. Most of the year, it would probably ...

Deep in the rain‑drenched forests of southern India, scientists climbed into old tree holes expecting to find tiny freshwater ...

Alex Spangler, Southwestern High standout athlete, excels in baseball and aims for a nursing career with SIUE, honored as ...

Many years ago Mary Alice, our daughter Holly and I went to Belgium to meet our first grandchild. We spent a month with the ...

The white fringetree, Chionanthus virginicus, is a beautiful but mostly unknown native tree of Pennsylvania, including Butler ...

Battling a boggy patch in your garden? You could put in drainage, or you could save your money and embrace it by planting ...

Emails to cheer up a sick friend have been parlayed into a collection of essays by former Pittsburgh attorney and Fox Chapel resident Laura Aristidou Candris. Her literary debut, “Greek by Osmosis: My ...