Imagine that you are standing in the supermarket deciding which type of candy to buy. Would you want to know if one of the Swedes had just been recalled or if the parent company of another candy had...
Dayflowers are greeted with delight or disdain depending on one's personal and professional experience with the herbaceous plant. Dayflowers are in the Spiderwort family, Commelinaceae. All family...
Is there a dark bird, pecking frantically under the feeder in your yard this winter? It is probably a Dark-eyed Junco, and it is one of the rare birds that likes cold weather! With the appearance of...
In August of 2008, Free Press released Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl, which quickly became both a New York Times and an L.A. Times bestseller. The book chronicles...
If bats are the silent vacuums of nocturnal skies, ridding the air of mosquitoes, then swallows are their vociferous daytime counterparts. Agile and talkative, swallows dart back and forth, scooping...
Have you ever wondered how the hawks, falcons, and eagles are trained to sit calmly on their handler's glove or fly free over the heads of spectators at some zoos and wildlife conservation...
For most bird watchers, the best time to see a Barrow’s Goldeneye, Bucephala islandica, is during the winter and the best place is a northern cove or inlet where fresh water flows into the ocean....
Earlier this week, I got a reprieve from the daily questioning of when are we going to buy a horse. The owner of Tony, the horse my daughter loves, decided not to sell. Now I'm back to happily...
The beautiful beaches and wonderful weather of Sitges make it a place people naturally want to visit. On top of the location and sunshine, Sitges is also known for hosting a variety of festivals and...
The pious pilgrims divided Plymouth settlers into two groups: “saints” (themselves) and “strangers” (crew and passengers not part of the separatist religious community). John and Ellen...
