The author reflects on the beauty of nature and the mystery of life and death, and questions the concept of a "whole self" as ...

Hummingbirds are unique among birds for numerous reasons, and that also includes their backward flying capability. Like almost every other bird specie.

As I went in, that insight contrasted with lines from the oft-cited Dylan Thomas poem: “Do not go gentle into that good night,/ Old age should burn and rave at close of day;/ Rage, rage against the ...

Were you (like me) a people-pleaser for a not-always kind family? Are you still replaying that pattern? For me, it was time ...

Of all the marvels of the natural world, few are as astonishing as the common swift (Apus apus). These small birds spend ...