IN WINTER we have many sights and sounds which are evocative, memory-laden and nostalgic. There is the lovely smell of peat smoke in the air, the murmurations of starlings meandering, binding together ...

World Wetlands Day takes place on 2 February. Here’s why wetlands are important.

More Eurasian wigeon are showing up in the Willamette Valley every season, causing the author to lose his sanity ...

Ten minutes of shooting light remained. Echo, my then eight-year-old pudelpointer, and I had been tucked behind a tiny one-man panel blind for 9 hours and 45 minutes. We had one duck to go to reach ...

Wildlife experts have started tracking European wigeons to better understand their behaviour. The birds, which are a breed of duck, were tagged with rings at Abberton Reservoir, near Colchester, so ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wildlife experts have started tracking European wigeons to better understand their behaviour. The birds, which are a breed of duck ...

Metro Vancouver’s newest park is a mist-cloaked place where mountains meet marshland. While not every day is as damp as this particular December morning, water is a constant at Wigeon Marsh Regional ...

You know this. Apple consistently releases firmware updates for its existing products, improving them over time, fixing bugs, and adding new features throughout the product’s lifecycle. Admittedly, ...

Live concerts, fireworks and roaring stadium crowds can reach dangerously high volumes — loud enough to cause permanent hearing loss. But what was the loudest sound ever recorded on Earth? The answer ...

Danny and I are on the West Coast in November, where the weather constantly fluctuates. The mornings may be still and foggy, then, in a few hours, a breeze barrels in from the ocean, dissipating the ...

Google Sounds is updating its UI and adding some new sound recordings. Collections are being upgraded from their color gradient icons to abstract vector art. New alarms, ringtones, and notification ...