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Here’s a toast to Marianne Faithfull, a true rock & roll legend. Nobody was ever better at being an old rock star, except maybe Leonard Cohen. Yet the difference is that Cohen didn’t release his debut ...

Q:One winter we had an amazingly well-built cardinal nest in a shrub outside our kitchen window. It held together as snow ...

Mating dances are not unusual in the bird kingdom, but the displays put on by birds of paradise are mesmerizing. The male bird in the above clip is doing his best to impress a female, and the display ...

Before Game of Thrones solidified itself as cable TV’s central hub for rampant nudity and random orgies — also well before HBO reversed its stance on flagrant nudity — Starz’s various seasons of ...

A preliminary report published on Monday, Jan. 27, said feathers and blood stains were found in both engines of the Boeing ...

The lineup for the Grammy's this year is packed with talent, yet certain songs, albums and artists stood out especially.

Perdido Key State Park offers great access to gorgeous white sand beaches, picnicking, swimming, fishing, and birdwatchi ...

Miley Cyrus has 'no interest' in reconciling with her father Billy Ray Cyrus, an insider told Page Six. The Grammy award ...

My blue star fern sits on an old schoolhouse desk beside my couch. I guess I have had it for three or four years now. It is one of those ...

It's difficult to know what birds 'think' when they fly, but scientists in are getting some remarkable new insights by looking inside birds' heads. Evolutionary biologists and neuroscience researchers ...