Bald eagles and an owl named “Woodsy” are birds that have become symbols of ecological recovery. Perhaps a truer avian representative of the post-World War II environmental movement is the bird which ...

From seasonal greeting cards to festive decorations and wrapping paper, robins are a quintessential Christmas motif. But have you ever wondered how these cheerful little birds became such beloved ...

Could any lyric be more quintessentially British than A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square? Well, I'm sorry to disabuse you, but nightingales aren't likely to have sung in Berkeley Square for several ...

Have you ever wondered why Wisconsin's state bird is the robin, why our state fruit is the cranberry, why our state animal is the badger? It might surprise you to know that often our state symbols ...