Philly is not just home to birds fans, but also, you know… actual birds, like the Northern Cardinal, Blue Jay and Red-tailed Hawk. American snapping turtles and bullfrogs live in our waterways.

Many seeds only require soil and water to sprout. Others, however, have a harder coating that makes germination a bit difficult.

New research shows that parents who read to their 6- to 8-year-olds nightly boost their children’s creativity and empathy.

Forty years ago, Renee Shepherd was an instructor at UC Santa Cruz, having earned a Ph.D. at the university. She was accustomed to playing soccer with European graduate students and inviting them over ...

Whatever challenges life throws, mothers often know best as they guide offspring through the risky stages of early development. This scenario, familiar when applied to humans, turns out to be true for ...

In the mid-2010s, police body cameras started to become mainstream in the U.S., with almost half of police departments adopting them by 2016. But the technology came with a steep learning curve for ...

Editor’s note: These excerpts are from Lorene Edwards Forkner’s latest book, “Grow Great Vegetables Washington” (Timber Press, $21.99). GROWING FRUITS AND VEGETABLES is a crazy good thing. From chilly ...

1123 TODAY IS WORLD READ ALOUD DAY, A GLOBAL CELEBRATION OF THE POWER OF READING AND STORYTELLING, A MILWAUKEE WOMAN’S PASSION FOR READING ALOUD HAS GONE VIRAL. JOINING ME NOW IS JEANETTE JUSTICE, THE ...

In commemoration of the 250th anniversary of America this year, the Lackawanna River Heritage Trail will get 250 native trees and shrubs planted along a section of the trail in Scranton. In spring, ...

• Conflict has long threatened the survival of traditional Palestinian crops, and Israeli attacks since 2023 have destroyed nearly all the farmland in Gaza. • The West Bank-based Palestine Heritage ...

Plants make chemical weapons to protect themselves, and many of these compounds have become vital to human medicine. Researchers found that one powerful plant chemical is produced using a gene that ...