1+ hour, 44+ min ago   (509+ words) LINVILLE, N.C. — Visitors have the chance to witness a stunning aerial spectacle — thousands of raptors migrating over the mountains and south toward their wintering grounds — as Grandfather Mountain, the not-for-profit nature park run by the Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation, will host…...

1+ week, 16+ hour ago   (396+ words) Penguins Connie and Major General Sir Nils Olav with their egg. (Edinburgh Zoo via SWNS) The world's highest-ranking penguin is set to become a father after his partner laid an egg. The aquatic bird - Major General Sir Nils Olav III,…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (973+ words) Close look at a Dorset Osprey outside. (Birds of Poole Harbour via SWNS) Ospreys are recovering in Britain thanks to "pioneering pairs" who prefer to nest away from the main population, reveals new research. They could be key to increasing…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (522+ words) TWRA encourages Tennesseans to report bear sightings through the agency’s ‘I Saw A Bear’ reporting system. Tennessee’s black bear population is primarily concentrated on the Cumberland Plateau and throughout East Tennessee, but historically their range covered the entire state. Tennessee’s…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (330+ words) Chickens have forever had a place in our hearts and on our tables. Why is that? Well … why not? And so I’d like you to come with me back to the summer of 1970, ‘way up north of Fairbanks, Alaska, to…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (297+ words) A starving jackdaw with barely any feathers is being nursed back to health — after another bird took him under his wing. The tiny crow — nicknamed Frank Sinatra on account of his piercing blue eyes — was found in a “sorry state…...

3+ mon, 3+ day ago   (498+ words) I keep hearing that people want more good news. This, despite TV ratings that consistently show viewers flocking to the cable anger-tainment networks. One notorious channel was absolutely livid during the years their preferred political party did not occupy the…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (449+ words) The roughly 2,300-square-foot river otter habitat will be located east of the Nature Center, just below the bobcat habitat. KINGSPORT — The City of Kingsport held a groundbreaking ceremony at Bays Mountain Park on Wednesday, March 11 for the park’s new river…...