Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international correspondents share snapshots of moments from their lives and work around the world.

A day later, I hosted a Baltimore oriole (a rare visitor at my home) and an even rarer visitor with a singing (more like ...

Members of the animal kingdom come in a variety of shapes, sizes, and colors. All of these animals have blue eyes.

Goetze: Whenever I taught my zoology and environmental biology courses, I would usually try to schedule several laboratory ...

The copperhead is one of the most famous of all snakes in the United States. Along with that fame, people often confuse other ...

Evolution has created amazing creatures. Some animals have food-inspired names. The chocolate chip sea star resembles a ...

The Gunnison sage-grouse has lost 90 percent of its habitat. Impending changes to the Endangered Species Act could finish it off.

From freaky spiders to smelly stink bugs, here are the most common house bugs to be aware of, how to identify them, and where ...

A common backyard bird you will see this summer are blue jays. Although they are known for their aggressive bullying behavior ...

All three are small, brown birds, but their songs, each reedy or flute-like, clearly distinguish them. While a Swainson’s Thrush song spirals upward, a Veery’s phrases tend downward in pitch. The ...

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