In addition to giving you beautiful summer blooms, some of these perennials attract hummingbirds and even cats, while others ...

These little birdies have an unusual perch to call home. Got a fun photo of the Northwest in your camera roll? Here's how to ...

Get up close and personal with a birder’s-eye view of the United States, as reflected by our beloved feathered neighbors By Jennie Rothenberg Gritz | Senior Editor It’s a radiant morning, and the zoo ...

If we want to instill in our children a love of nature and raise a generation that will want to protect and preserve natural places, we need to get them hooked on birds. This is the wisdom behind many ...

People travel the world chasing whale sharks and mountain gorillas, but I’ll take a hummingbird any day-especially when there are fourteen different varieties living in one jaw-dropping stretch of ...

Please don’t judge me, but in March 2020, when I moved across the country, I got rid of six boxes of books, including many classic works of literature and nonfiction. Gone were titles by Jane Austen ...

A work by the Philadelphia Orchestra’s former composer in residence has won the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for music. Picaflor: A Future Myth by Gabriela Lena Frank was co-commissioned and premiered by the ...

Kerry Banks is an award-winning magazine journalist and author. His works include Pavel Bure: The Riddle of the Russian Rocket and record books on hockey, baseball and basketball. He lives in ...

Illustration: Will Tullos / The Athletic; Photo: Michael Reaves / Getty Images For a rare sliver of the day, the most tireless entrepreneur in sports sat still. It was late Sunday morning, and Mike ...

Like a lot of Brooklynites in their mid-thirties, I’ve become something of an amateur birder in recent years. My favorite thing to do on a nice weekend day is to pop over to a park or cemetery and ...

Dishing about what you’re reading is one of life’s greatest pleasures. Even better if your audience has read the same book. Reading with others also provides space to deepen community, ignite ...

Female Anna's hummingbirds are green, with a small pinkish red marking called a gorget on their throat. (Courtesy of Michell De Leon Tyler) Michell De Leon Tyler poses near a hummingbird feeder and ...