Emily Kwong and Berly McCoy of NPR's Short Wave talk about why swearing might improve physical performance, how birds' bills changed during the pandemic and why scientists are sampling whale breath.

Every Thursday at 4 p. m. , bird moms around the world flock to a Florida woman’s online class they say has changed their ...

From left: lesbian sports power couples Rafaelle Souza and Halie Mace; DiJonai Carrington and NaLyssa Smith; Lena Oberdorf ...

Translating for your family can feel burdensome, but these authors want families to see the power in living between two languages.

If time, location or affordability are keeping you from seeing the ballet, a bold new production of 'Nutcracker' premiering Tuesday on 'Great Performances' is a way to keep the tradition.

"Our blue jay has decided she’s actually a cat. Lately, Pluto’s favorite thing to mimic are the feral cats she hears outside ...

Over the course of his Hall of Fame career as the Boston Celtics public relations czar, Jeff Twiss has seen a lot of Celtics history being made. But there has also been a lot of hard work behind the ...

“The first time I met a bird close-up, it was dead,” Adam Nicolson informs the reader at the start of “Bird School: A Beginner in the Wood” (FSG, 448 pages, $32), wryly capturing a paradox at the ...

(NEXSTAR) – In a world of weird dating trends and theories, like “Shrekking” and “monkey barring,” it can be refreshing to come across advice that’s actually helpful. One such trend is making the ...

In Jamaica, almost everyone knows the John Crow — that big, black bird often seen circling in the sky or perched on rooftops. But have you ever wondered how it got its name? The story of the John Crow ...

Bird Game 3 is all over TikTok, but if you're sitting here wondering why you've never heard of the first or second game, there's a reason for that. Bird Game 3 isn't real, but you wouldn't know that ...

Flight is a rare skill in the animal world. Among vertebrates, it evolved only three times: in bats, birds, and the long-extinct pterosaurs. Pterosaurs were the pioneers, taking to the skies more than ...