"Winged Migration" is a cinematic tribute to birds. The 85-minute film isn't exactly a documentary, as it offers up only the most basic of information. Rather it is a pictorial salute to the ...

Birds are strange. Within their particular species, they tend to all look the same and when they’re flying in groups it’s as though they’ve formed a gestalt controlled by some invisible group ...

Our sometimes-incredible fall hawk migration not long ago surged through Massachusetts like clockwork between September 12 and September 20 every year. In a span of 10 days, 90% of the entire North ...

Now that it’s the middle of September yellow leaves are either on or falling off many different trees. Virginia creeper vines are getting redder and so are poison ivy vines. And wild sunflowers, ...

Given America’s profusion of cable channels, any nature documentary has a lot of competition. One made for the big screen has to distinguish itself from numerous PBS and Discovery Channel programs ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... One of the miracles in nature is the annual migration of North American waterfowl in their journey from Alaska, the provinces of Canada and the Prairie ...

Oscar-nominated doc “Winged Migration” ascended into box office heaven on one screen while Newmarket nicely opened the Swedish film “Lilja 4-Ever” at four locations. “Better Luck Tomorrow” continued ...

Mare Island and Vallejo have long been a sought after pitstop for birds on their journey south for the winter. This year however, it’s even more coveted by those that wish to see them. This weekend ...

As we prepare for the arrival of fall, we can also be on the lookout for a breathtaking wildlife spectacle that is a part of life here in the Southern Appalachian Mountains: the migration of the broad ...

It’s Oscar time, the season of campaign hyperdrive in which movie makers seek the broadest possible exposure for their nominated films. So why are some people complaining that “Winged Migration,” a ...

Jan. 31—There wasn't much Red Bull to be found, but make no mistake, Mare Island was the place for everyone to get their wings this weekend. The area at Building 69 became the central hub for the ...

Blue-winged teal fly over a Missouri wetland in late summer. Watch for these small migratory ducks this week as they head south for their wintering grounds as far away as Argentina. This week on ...