Jeff Machado was a 44-year-old actor and journalist who vanished without warning after meeting someone he believed could help his career. His family immediately sensed something was wrong when his ...

Dark Season 1 Episode 2 opens with a mysterious man looking over the field as the police search for Mikkel. He finds a dead ...

Cruz the African Grey varies his wake-up call each day just to keep things interesting. That morning, it was a little song ...

The Bay Area is a permanent or temporary home for 250 different species of resident and migratory birds. Noise can affect ...

Emily Kwong and Berly McCoy of NPR's Short Wave talk about why swearing might improve physical performance, how birds' bills changed during the pandemic and why scientists are sampling whale breath.

Many Christmas staples feel timeless, but historians note they often began as games, folk customs or practical rituals. What we now call Christmas is a patchwork of theology, folklore, economics ...

It took me decades to really notice birds, to give them my full attention. When I did finally invite them into my life at age ...

Many Northeast and North Central Nebraskans are likely to recall this well-known Christmas story that was shared by the late ...

If someone told you it rained fish once upon a time, would you believe them? You'd be forgiven if you said "no." But get this ...

In the wake of Sunday's tragic Bondi shooting, conspiracy theories and deliberate misinformation have spread on social media.

Reams of advice and recipes emerge every year to help nervous cooks get their turkeys from fridge to table in a delicious manner. (The scourge of the cook is dryness.) Far less attention is paid to ...