Coggin Heeringa

For birds and humans alike, the shortest nights of the year can lead to surprisingly complicated relationships.

As summer progresses, the magic of a shimmering pathway of moonlight across the lake will arrive a little earlier each evening.

Some familiar melodies are "played to death" until they have practically petrified into fossils.

When sunlight on the horizon passes through smoke, the reds and crimsons of a sunset become especially vivid.

Shakespeare could never have imagined dendrochronology, but he understood something equally important: forests have the power to change us.

Koekkoek, M. A., et al. Ornithologia neerlandica. De vogels van Nederland. M. Nijhoff, 1922,

Nature is far more magical than the Romantics ever imagined.

Unity Hospice will receive the funds raised at the Zion United Methodist Church Old-Fashioned Hymn Sing on Sunday, September 6, at 5 p.m.

For almost every pigeon pair, it's a partnership that lasts until death does them part.

When the days grow short and the birds stop singing, our resident mammals prepare to survive until spring.