Some people text, some e-mail, but there's almost nothing better than getting an actual letter in the mail, especially if it's a letter poem. "A letter poem is when you're addressing someone else," ...

Some people text, some e-mail, but there's almost nothing better than getting an actual letter in the mail, especially if it's a letter poem. "A letter poem is when you're addressing someone else," ...

Dr. Mary-Claire King was the first to link a gene to hereditary cancer risk with the identification of BRCA1 in the 1990s. She was just getting started. Plus, sooner or later, a sizable asteroid could ...

Listen to the spring 'laughing' call of the green woodpecker. Watch as a male sits in a tree and sings. This is a nature documentary about wildlife from the Czech Republic in Central Europe. Bird song ...

Gatineau, Que., has selected the pileated woodpecker as the its official bird. According to a news release announcing the decision, the large red-crested woodpecker represents the hard-working, ...

Hawks and owls are powerful symbols in the sky. But what about other birds? Well, add woodpeckers to the list. Across cultures and spiritual traditions, woodpeckers have been celebrated as powerful ...

Q. What is the status of the ivory-billed woodpecker? Some sources say it’s extinct. Others say it is rare but still exists. A. Most, though not all, ornithologists I know believe the ivory-billed ...

Why would a woodpecker peck something other than wood? And what would you do with a woodpecker whose pecking is perturbing, perplexing and property-damaging? It's not a "Woody Woodpecker" episode.

ROCKPORT, Mass. (AP) — Rockport residents have a history of fighting off invaders, but not this time. During the War of 1812, townsfolk in the tiny fishing village hurled rocks at British soldiers ...

ROCKPORT, Mass. (AP) — Rockport residents have a history of fighting off invaders, but not this time. During the War of 1812, townsfolk in the tiny fishing village hurled rocks at British soldiers ...

Rockport residents have a history of fighting off invaders, but not this time.During the War of 1812, townsfolk in the tiny fishing village hurled rocks at British soldiers using their stockings as ...