This magnificent overlook sits within the Ruffner Mountain Nature Preserve, a sprawling natural sanctuary that serves as Birmingham’s green lung. The preserve itself is a minor miracle—over 1,000 ...

After decades of mystery, scientists have finally proven that Europe’s largest bat, the greater noctule, hunts and eats small songbirds mid-air—more than a kilometer above ground. Using tiny ...

Cheryl Kimball is a freelance writer who lives north of Rochester. Email her at [email protected].

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A neighbor had been hearing some strange sounds for more than a day; she was pretty sure they were bird calls and asked if I would come check it out. As I walked toward her house, I heard it, too, ...