Readers wrote in about rules for government assistance, wind farms and AI in letters published Dec. 29, 2025, to Jan. 4, 2026 ...

In 1995, divers first noticed a group of bizarre sandy "crop circles" on the seabed around Amami Oshima Island, southwest ...

The calendar has flipped. A brand-new year has unfolded before us, its pages crisp and white, much like an untouched canvas ...

Three species of the melodic African warbler bird refuse to get up early and sing their customary daybreak songs when the ...

Rare attacks helped brand the cassowary as deadly, but habitat loss and human activity now pose a far greater threat to the ...

• Visit the Main Library on 2 p.m. Jan. 8 or 11 a.m. Jan. 17 to learn how you can read eBooks, listen to audiobooks, and ...

The Bergen County Audubon Society holds its Bald Eagle Festival in Lyndhurst on Jan. 11. The eagle has made a great comeback ...

As winter arrives, birds settle in gardens and on rooftops. Children can watch their movements, feeding patterns, and ...

Over the last month or so, I’ve taken to stepping outside soon after I wake. It is very early when I do this, before dawn, ...

Editor's note: This story is the seventh in a series for The Star's annual year in review and focuses on ending 2025 on a ...

The Valley Fire torched Lucky Peak in the fall of 2024. Bird researchers there are channeling their grief into study of how ...

Dirt is all around us. Under our feet. What we live on. What we build our houses and roads on. Dirt is just … there, ...