Norman Rockwell’s 1943 oil painting, Freedom from Want, features a tableau of personalities around a dinner table. Their ...

Tucked away in New York’s western frontier, Allegany stands as the largest jewel in the state park crown – like the Beyoncé of the park system, if Beyoncé were made of trees, lakes, and hiking trails ...

Your blood pressure drops with each curve of the road, each glimpse of wilderness untouched by urban sprawl. The Thomas L. Kelly Covered Bridge stands as a rustic sentinel, its weathered wooden frame ...

The FishEye Collaborative combined underwater sound recordings with a 360° camera to identify the sounds made by individual ...

Star Wars sound designer Ben Burtt created the character’s high-pitched, electronic chattering by combining his own voice and a synthesizer.The result is that R2-D2 produces two types of sound: ...

Explore why birds sing in the morning. Discover the biological factors behind their vibrant morning chorus and joyful songs.

Traffic Lab is a Seattle Times project that digs into the region’s transportation issues to explore the policies and politics that determine how we get around and how billions of dollars in public ...

Your kids might think that birds simply disappear for the winter. But plenty of species don’t actually migrate south during the cold months; others might be making your neighborhood their winter home.

Discover how the tiny Eurasian Wren impresses with its powerful voice and unique song. California revokes 17,000 commercial driver's licenses for immigrants Why Ontario is considering issuing an order ...

Pair of snowy owls found in Chicago being protected by park district His job renting kayaks to paddlers on the Chicago River ...

This app has taught me that the key to mindfulness can be found in listening to the world around you. Anna Gragert (she/her/hers) was previously the lifestyle editor at HelloGiggles, deputy editor at ...