Staff at a nature reserve in Saudi Arabia were surveying wetland wildlife and found “unusual” animals later identified as first-time visitors. Photo from Al-Qahtani, Chedad, Alshammari, Altalhi, ...

Those who knew him best said Ka'Mauri Williams didn't care who was watching while he danced. He loved to smile, wave and say hi to anybody he could. His loved ones said the 3-year-old chatty child was ...

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In the rugged North Cascade Mountains of Washington State, no one likely knows this glacier better than Mauri Pelto, who says, "My life has been shaped by this ice." For more than 40 years, Pelto, a ...

Malaysia’s Teluk Air Tawar-Kuala Muda (TAT-KM) mudflats host tens of thousands of migratory birds along the East Asian-Australasian Flyway, including at one point the critically endangered ...

Cadmium, cobalt, chromium, copper, manganese, nickel, zinc and lead concentrations were detected in feathers of Buff-breasted Sandpipers (Calidris subruficollis) captured during the non-breeding ...

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One of nature’s most spectacular springtime demonstrations has begun, and an abundance of migrating birds are now heading our way. Right now, and for several weeks to come — is a great time to get ...

A Stevensville homebuilder was sentenced to more than five years in federal prison Thursday, following his convictions last year for defrauding his former customers and employees of more than $1.8 ...