A winter bird count links tradition, science and climate data — with one cold day ending in a rare snowy owl sighting.

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Starlings seem to have nothing in common with quantum matter. But the equations explaining some of the quantum dynamics of superfluid helium may describe what happens when a flock of starlings makes a ...

For years, scientists have tried to crack a mathematical mystery: Is there an equation that can perfectly describe each and every bird egg? Variable shell shapes complicated things. But it turns out ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Fifth-grade students at Staten Island Academy, Dongan Hills, are learning math, science and technology in an innovative way -- incorporating avian ecology and ornithology into ...

SEATTLE – If it weren’t for passionate people, this would be a dull world. Peter Cavanagh of Lopez Island, Washington, certainly qualifies in the passionate category, having taken 600,000 photos in ...

ST. MICHAELS — Students in Christopher Renaud’s sixth grade at St. Michaels Elementary School created birdhouses in a service learning club. The students used math skills to determine how large to ...

If it weren’t for passionate people, this would be a dull world indeed. Peter Cavanagh, of Lopez Island, certainly qualifies in the passionate category, having taken 600,000 photos in the past 13 ...