As the saying goes, "If you don't like the Oklahoma weather, just wait a day" – and it certainly rings true. As Old Man ...

From casual bird buddies to ornithology obsessives, you can now trek to far flung corners of the globe and identify any feathered friend you find – as long as you have a smartphone. The hugely popular ...

While spring and summer are the prime seasons for bird watching, our winged friends are everywhere all the time, and they often switch out with the seasons, especially during peak migration. The best ...

I've downloaded countless meditation apps and tried all the breathing exercises to stay present. Yet, the app I wasn't expecting to help me with mindfulness is the one I've had the most success with.

Scientific evidence suggests dinosaurs met their extinction through asteroid impact. Today, if a species goes extinct, chances we as humans had something to do with it. In this century alone, we've ...

Thank you for publishing a nice article on the Sound ID feature of Merlin Bird ID, the excellent free bird identification app from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology (“Lend an ear,” Reading Eagle, Oct. 1) ...

People are pulling out their smartphones to answer the question, "What's that bird?" Bird identification apps for iPhones, Android phones and Windows phones abound. A library of printed field guides ...

Merlin was on the job at Westwood Hills Nature Center in St. Louis Park one recent day, helping birders identify bird songs. Not Merlin the storied magician, although what was happening could be ...