I never expected that an app for identifying birds would help me with mindfulness more than my meditation apps.

I’m not a bird watcher, but I’ve become a bird listener ever since downloading a bionic ear app to my phone. It lets me enter a different world, one where I’m surrounded not just by chirping but by ...

I've downloaded countless meditation apps and tried all the breathing exercises to stay present. Yet, the app I wasn't expecting to help me with mindfulness is the one I've had the most success with.

From casual bird buddies to ornithology obsessives, you can now trek to far flung corners of the globe and identify any feathered friend you find – as long as you have a smartphone. The hugely popular ...

“The Stokes Guide to Finches of the United States and Canada,” by Lillian Stokes and Matthew A. Young, published in 2024, is much more than a field guide to help you identify finches. It’s a 348-page ...

Before my home became my office and my cafe and my observation deck two months ago, I didn't notice birds so much as I simply accepted their chirping as part of the morning soundtrack of daily life.

If you hang a bird feeder outside your home, there’s a good chance that your first visitor will be some kind of finch. We have five kinds of finches in Marin: the reddish house finch and purple finch, ...

In the sunbaked Galápagos Islands, a male finch perches on a branch, hearing what sounds like another bird’s song. But something’s not quite right. The song is slower and deeper, like a familiar tune ...

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - The number of finches spotted in British gardens has hit a five-year high, although total bird numbers are well down, according to one of the country's biggest annual wildlife ...

The arrival 36 years ago of a strange bird to a remote island in the Galápagos archipelago has provided direct genetic evidence of a novel way in which new species arise. On Nov. 23 in the journal ...