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A popular local brewery’s latest taproom, a speakeasy-inspired cocktail bar, a wine bistro, and more—all under one roof.

It is hard to believe that this is the 132nd anniversary of the introduction of the European Starling to North America.

Each year on the last Tuesday of March, a time of transition when the woods are still quiet of

The Burlington Mall is drawing in restaurants like Fogo de Chao, Common Craft and Rosa Mexicano.

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It appears that one of our most popular birds in Renfrew County should be arriving in our area on schedule. This, of course, is the Ruby-throated Hummingbird.…

Poetry was a major theme in the music of American composer Amy Marcy Cheney Beach (1867-1944). Her 117 art songs explore a huge range of poets, from Robert Browning to Robert Burns. Amy Beach’s love of poetry also appears in a large catalogue of choral compositions, with settings of poets like Oliver Wendell Holmes, in...

Project Noah is a tool that nature lovers can use to explore and document local wildlife and a common technology platform that research groups can use to harness the power of citizen scientists everywhere.

Last week, the Cape experienced a phenomenon strangely rare on a peninsula known for its bird migrations. A genuine “fallout” of migrating songbirds began partway through the day on Thursday and continued through the afternoon and beyond.

The drive for birds to migrate is at least partially genetic. How those genes developed—and how they function in modern birds—isn't fully known.