Many people are surprised to find out that winter is a prime time for birding. There are opportunities for beginner and experienced birders to spot our year-round resident birds as well as ...

Mt. Gilead State Park offers something different, something refreshing, something that feels like you’ve stumbled onto Ohio’s best-kept secret. Located in the heart of central Ohio, this 181-acre gem ...

The trail to Turkey Point Lighthouse is the most popular hike in the park, and for good reason, as it leads to one of the ...

So when the school’s annual talent show rolled around last year, Samuel wanted to demonstrate his unusual talent. But his mom ...

Starting in late fall, I feed the woodpeckers suet cakes. A while ago, I was at Home Depot picking up a shovel for a job when I heard someone asking how to fix a woodpecker that was leaving holes in ...

I rarely spot either culprit, but my trees reveal exactly what pileated woodpeckers and carpenter ants are up to.

The males of the species prepare for mating season by excavating nests for the approval of the females — and even other birds and animals. Snags, or wildlife trees, are favorite haunts of woodpeckers, ...

The males of the species prepare for mating season by excavating nests for the approval of the females — and even other birds and animals.

Woodpeckers taste sweet things, but wrynecks -- unusual woodpeckers that specialize on ants -- lost the ability to taste sugars. Many mammals have a sweet tooth, but birds lost their sweet receptor ...

A pair of pale-billed woodpeckers with red heads and black and white bodies. (Courtesy photo) Photographer and author Paul Bannick will deliver an ...

Multiple types of fungi grow in Washington state, including dangerous false morels.

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