As soon as the ice was strong enough, I was out on the nearby swamp. It was not only a good place to observe the cold season, but also an easy path to walk as I traveled between the woods and the lake ...

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A disused quarry, Cosmeston is a great habitat for waterfowl including mute swans, great crested grebe and coots. Britain's ...

A floating reed bed has been launched at Wanstead Park’s Heronry Pond in a bid to enhance biodiversity and water quality in a £100k ...

According to U.S. flag code, flags must be lowered for 30 days following the death of a sitting or former president. That timeline overlaps the Jan. 20 inauguration of President-elect Donald ...

The Italian flag, or “Il Tricolore,” is one of the most recognisable flags in the world. With its trio of green, white, and red splashed across Italian restaurant signs all over the world and printed ...

MANILA, Phiippines — The Armed Forces of the Philippines on Saturday reiterated its pledge of loyalty to flag and country amid speculations of a rift within its ranks following a presidential ...

WASHINGTON ― President-elect Donald Trump lashed out Friday over plans for the U.S. flag to be flown at half-staff during his upcoming inauguration to honor the late President Jimmy Carter ...

A warning will always end up somewhere on the matrix, with only one of 16 squares on it dedicated to red. What it means: Yellow warnings are the lowest on the scale, but they are still significant ...

The FBI recovered the black flag of the Islamic State (IS) from the truck used by Shamsud-Din Jabbar, who killed 15 people in a crash during a New Year’s Eve celebration in New Orleans' French ...

An Islamic State flag attached to the pickup truck used to kill and injure dozens of people in New Orleans is a grim reminder of the persistent threat posed by Islamist extremism. Investigators ...

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