Second grade students from McKean, Potter and Tioga counties sent us their Letters to Santa, which are published here today for your enjoyment.

We were overwhelmed by the response to our annual Letters to Santa feature, with more than 1,250 letters submitted this year. Due ...

Wondering what owling is? Discover when to go, where to look, which owls you might see, and how to enjoy owling the right way.

It was a chilly Wednesday evening and I was behind schedule, struggling to find my wallet and my keys and, in the rush out the door, forgot my cell phone, so I had to turn around to get it. I was not ...

Warning: This article may contain spoilers for young eyes. Even Jolly Ol' St. Nick needs a helping hand now and again. Stream Connecticut News for free, 24/7, wherever you are. While he sees you when ...

His job renting kayaks to paddlers on the Chicago River got Cass Cwik into birdwatching. He’d see great blue, green and black-crowned night herons, cormorants and “a lot of interesting birds you don’t ...

“Elf the Musical” is the theatrical equivalent of pouring maple syrup on spaghetti; kids may love it, but nostalgia aside, it’s too sickly sweet to have broad appeal for adults. Based on the 2003 film ...

You probably recognized that famous line, along with many other ones, from the Christmas classic "Elf" starring Will Ferrell. After sneaking into Santa Claus' (Ed Asner) sack as an orphan, Buddy the ...

A pair of snowy owls spotted along a Lake Michigan beach has drawn curious crowds and sparked happy speculation about how long the Arctic birds of prey will call Chicago home. Word of the two owls has ...

In 2005, Chanda A. Bell teamed up with her mother, Carol Aebersold, and sister, Christa Pitts, to publish their book 'The Elf on the Shelf' Meredith Wilshere is a Society and Culture writer at PEOPLE.

A great-horned owl is on a path to recovery in Utah after being rescued from a concrete mixer. The owl, assumed to be a juvenile male born earlier this year, was found near a concrete mixer at a ...