But Carolina Wrens are used to this sort of thing. They regularly nest in the vicinity of human activity- even in mailboxes ...

It was 35 years ago this month that the Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law. Across the U.S., it's being ...

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More than 5.2 million aboveground swimming pools sold across the U.S. and Canada over the last two decades are being recalled ...

Actor, director and musician Malcolm-Jamal Warner, best known for his role as the sweet teenager Theo Huxtable on "The Cosby ...

Caroline Collatos is a PhD candidate at UMass Boston working with the New England Aquarium. She spends her days on the island ...

The release came in response to an executive order issued by President Trump. King's family warned they would object to any ...

NPR has learned that the Pentagon has also approved the expansion of the U.S. Naval Base on Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for the ...

Eventually it became clear that Hermon's father had suffered whole brain death, and Hermon made the difficult decision to ...

A large great white shark paid a visit off the coast of Nantucket on Friday. OCEARCH researchers confirmed this is the ...