Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world. Matryoshka dolls are a Russian folk art tradition dating back over a ...

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Sparrow Acoustics Inc., dba Sparrow Bioacoustics Inc., closed a C$10 million (US$7.15 million) financing round to support continued adoption of its U.S. FDA-cleared Stethophone platform, which allows ...

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A look at a sparrowhawk and a young sparrow in their nest. Police may have found a new serial killer Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show is not being reconsidered, NFL commissioner says GOP leaders ...

There's an old adage that goes, "Some things have to die in order for other things to live." In a general sense, it's usually talking about life and loss and the transitional period of moving on from ...

The saltmarsh sparrow population has declined by nearly 90% since 1998 due to rising sea levels flooding their ground nests. A research group in Rhode Island is using homemade floating nests, or "arks ...

Q: A pair of osprey come back to nest on the top of the same telephone pole near my house, year after year. I’m wondering whether they migrate together and do they pair up for life? A: Osprey are well ...

An empty nest is typically viewed as a moment in time when your child leaves home. In reality, it’s more of a verb—an ongoing process of “empty nesting.” The letting go begins in childhood, ...

The most common bird I see around my town is probably the House Sparrow. This little bird is quite cute and I like watching them flit around and interact with one another… even despite knowing that ...

Since I first started putting up bluebird nesting boxes back in 2016, I have had to think about a much less-beloved bird, the house sparrow, that also loves nesting in these boxes. House sparrows are ...