My trip to the Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival was a self-bestowed retirement gift, fulfilling a desire to experience one of birding’s premier annual gatherings. More directly, it was my chance ...

UC Davis professor Hugh Safford found the highest living tree in California on a recent hike through the High Sierra.

As my father and I trudged up a snowy trail in Valles Caldera National Preserve, hoping to get a better view of an elk herd ...

The harpy eagle — a mythical-looking species thought extinct in Mexico — has been documented in the Lacandon Jungle of ...

A professor's casual hike in the High Sierra turned into a new elevation record for California's highest tree, the Jeffrey pine, which wasn't formerly known to grow at extreme elevations.

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has discovered avian flu in several species of mammals, including skunks, foxes and ...

GARY — At least one person was transported to the hospital Friday evening in a rollover crash on Gary's Broadway, a Gary police officer at the scene said. Witnesses at the scene told The Times ...

Vote for The News Tribune’s Girls Athlete of the Week for contests played between April 7-12. Voting will remain open until noon Wednesday. The poll is located below. You can read about all of the ...

If you're wondering what hummingbird species are in your backyard, check out the 15 types of hummingbirds that breed in the ...

Hummingbirds are among the tiniest creatures on a birdwatcher's checklist, and they can check off 15 species migrating ...

You don't need to travel to Europe to feel like you're there. From Solvang to Carmel-By-the-Sea, these 8 small towns across ...

This is because of NIL, or name, image, and likeness. It grants college, and in some other states high school, athletes the right to profit from their personal brand. It wasn’t until July of ...