5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (1709+ words) Fall road trips hit differently when the leaves start changing and the afternoon air finally feels comfortable again. Suddenly, a two-hour drive can sound like a much better plan than another weekend at home. Arkansas makes that temptation hard to…...

4+ hour, 17+ min ago   (707+ words) A black-bellied whistling duck takes off from a small flock bobbing along in Capitol Lake on March 18 in Baton Rouge. Louisiana hunters have a special Oct. 3-11 hunt to take from an expanding local population of black-bellied whistling ducks. Now that…...

1+ hour, 16+ min ago   (32+ words) Mazu¹ and his student Baizhang² were walking together when a flock of wild ducks passed overhead …...

6+ hour, 7+ min ago   (684+ words) You don't have to settle for a run-of-the-mill birdbath. You can use a cheap hummingbird feeder, among other supplies, to build an eye-catching alternative. Say Goodbye To Traditional Bird Baths: DIY Your Own With A Hummingbird Feeder Who says your…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (1710+ words) The best catfish stops are the ones people remember before they even check the menu again. Maybe it is the crisp coating. Maybe it is the hushpuppies arriving hot beside the plate. Either way, certain restaurants have a knack for…...

7+ hour, 46+ min ago   (576+ words) STRUCTURAL DEFORMITIES DUE TO ILLFITTING SHOES Wearing tight, ill-fitting shoes leads to the collapse of the foot arch, the natural spring of our foot, producing the following deformities: •Bunions (Hallux Valgus): A collapsed flat foot and pointed shoes, deform the…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (156+ words) I’ve led dozens of nature hikes through the years, and on each and every one of them, one of the questions posed to me has been: “What does poison ivy look like?” Notice the edges of poison…...

5+ hour, 41+ min ago   (57+ words) In the dim, crowded interior of a commercial turkey barn, one bird looks much like another. Thousands of large, white-feathered animals mill about under fixed overhead cameras, and to the human eye—and, crucially, to most computer vision systems—they…...

11+ hour ago   (177+ words) I was in Norway, checking out a hide a friend was building. He’d told me not to bother bringing my camera. While on site, we saw a female stoat on the move with nine kits. It was an amazing spectacle....

12+ hour, 3+ min ago   (1106+ words) When Jedediah Talbot started his business as a professional trail builder in Maine in 2004, he had a hard time finding work in the state. For five years, he mostly got jobs in New Hampshire’s White Mountains. “It was an uphill…...