1+ hour, 45+ min ago  (117+ words) Project Feeder Watch, a citizen science project where participants collect data on birds at their feeders, was founded in Ontario by Erica Dunn and the Long Point Bird Observatory in 1976. The project partnered with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology after…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago  (144+ words) While it may not be considered the "dog days" of summer yet, depending on where you are, there is no doubt what season it is. And even though we are well past spring, there are lots of young wildlife. .. Case:…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (167+ words) Jonathan is still kicking " albeit slowly " on the island of'St. Helena. News of the Seychelles giant tortoise's demise spread rapidly on social media on Wednesday. An account on X, falsely claiming to be by Joe Hollins, a veterinarian who had…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (665+ words) Whether you're a beginner birdwatcher or a seasoned bird nerd, there are plenty of simple, reliable ways to attract birds to your yard and keep them coming back. In the Chattanooga area, backyard birders can expect to see a wide…...

8+ mon, 4+ week ago  (53+ words) In the middle of a steamy July night on the Wassaw Island beach, near Savannah, Georgia, volunteer Gabi Steinbach plunged her arm shoulder-deep in the sand to reach a loggerhead sea turtle nest that hatched five days before. Tracking sea…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (688+ words) A couple years ago, I wrote a little sermon for our time here together in "Guns & Cornbread" about "the way it used to be" when it came to the outdoors. I have said before that we as hunters, fishermen and…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (585+ words) The'song is that of a humpback whale, a marine giant beloved by whale watchers for its docile nature and spectacular leaps from the water, and was recorded by scientists in March 1949 in Bermuda, said researchers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (179+ words) Chattanooga Times Free Press I have never been to Paris, France. I do know, however, that it is a place known for its fine dining. After the baguette bread and a type of very thin pancake known as a crepe…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (496+ words) A new study of 19, 000 king penguins in a sub-Antarctic island chain found their breeding is starting 19 days earlier than it did in 2000. Mating earlier has increased the breeding success rate by 40%, according to a study in Wednesday's journal Science Advances....

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (424+ words) For Hill, spotting one isn't just a curiosity " it's a moment that borders on spiritual, tied to an animal that many see as part of the region's identity as much as its ecology. "The first time that I saw one…...