IN 1958, UNDER the rule of Mao Zedong, China began the Great Leap Forward, a four-year attempt to transform the country from an agrarian society into a modern industrialised one. It was a disaster: ...

The orioles are gone now and as we slip into the mellow days of fall the nectar feeder hanging just outside my office window seems less exciting as only hummingbirds are buzzing about. But movement at ...

Considered one of the most endangered birds in all of North America, the Florida grasshopper sparrow has found a rather unlikely ally in its uphill battle for existence—the US Air Force. Prairies ...

Screenshots of the false video, with visual inconsistencies highlighted by AFP AI-generated clip of 'sparrows eating lovebugs' fools S. Korean users Screenshots of the Threads video with the 'Veo' ...

Review & Outlook: The President reverses a Pentagon decision from last week and says he'll deliver weapons to Ukraine. The 12-day war between Israel and Iran featured an unprecedented cyber campaign ...

Some salt marsh sparrows out on New Hampshire’s seacoast are now flying around with brand new backpacks. The accessory is actually a solar-powered tag the size of a fingernail, which will help ...

From forest edges and thickets on late spring mornings in the Northeast comes what sounds like an exhortation from across the pond: “drink-your-tea!” This is not a British parent’s plea, but rather ...

Conservationists went to dramatic lengths to save the birds, including pumping boiling hot water into the ground to ward off fire ants. Florida grasshopper sparrow chicks peer up out of their ground ...

On the dry prairies of the Sunshine State, there’s a tiny, camouflaged bird known as the Florida grasshopper sparrow. Each one weighs about as much as three U.S. quarters yet has to survive against a ...

Joshua grew up in poverty, deep in the Middle of Nowhere, Alabama. Gaming was a rarely afforded escape from reality that persisted throughout his life, something that saw him through good times and ...

Over the last 12 months, the rate at which new characters have been pumped into Apex Legends has reduced drastically. Focusing more on new in-game experiences and reworking existing legends, it's been ...