APPRECIATION of the natural world depends on how we engage and work our senses beyond the ordinary. With the fusion of spring and summer now under way, our senses are presented daily with interesting ...

The song of the wood thrush is described as a flutelike ee-o-lay. The hermit thrush has a voice that is clear and ethereal, still flutelike, with three or four phrases at different pitches. The song ...

She’s one of the world’s most successful artists, atop the pop charts and hailed at the Grammys, where she will be performing Monday. Now British songstress Adele is being heard even in the Himalayas, ...

Learn what a veery bird looks like and where you can find one. Also find out what this thrush's song sounds like and what the ...

In 2009, researchers observed that there seemed to be two different kinds of “plain-backed thrushes” in northeastern India. They discovered that the “plain-backed thrush” found in the coniferous ...

A new species of forest thrush has been discovered in a remote region of northeastern India, making it only the fourth new bird discovered in the country since independence in 1947. The bird, called ...

If you ask Georgia birders what bird has the sweetest song during spring and summer, their answer most likely will be the wood thrush. Some even believe the wood thrush’s song is the most beautiful ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

The things that signal the arrival of spring differ from one person to the next. For some, it is the blooming of redbuds and dogwoods. Others find that the sounds of spring peepers and chorus frogs ...