One of the heaviest flying birds: adults commonly ~6.3-14 kg, with a wingspan about 2.5-3.1 m (Handbook of the Birds of the World; BirdLife).

Every year, as winter settles in, thousands of migratory birds begin arriving across the subcontinent after travelling thousands of kilometres from Siberia, Central Asia, Mongolia and parts of Europe.

All hail the guitar solo — one of the most indestructibly great art forms in all of modern music. There’s nothing quite like the thrill of a glorious six-string explosion — a long, twisted, ...

There are so many ways to make heart quilt blocks. This heart block features horizontal stripes. It's the perfect block to add to your Valentine's quilting projects. Over the next couple weeks, we ...

As a hobby, quilting is often about remembering loved ones. Today almost a million Americans make some kind of quilt, including replica Revolutionary War quilts, and, increasingly Underground Railroad ...

It was reported that Chinese goose breeds are thought to have originated from wild swan geese (Anser cygnoides) (Shi et al., 2006). The wild swan goose, as a migratory waterfowl, has many different ...

To be ready to migrate in the fall, geese start preparing in midsummer. Babies born in the spring are mostly grown up by then. Adult geese grow a new set of plumage after shedding their old feathers – ...

In midcentury New York City, artists approached painting with revolutionary fervor. The aim was nothing less than "to wrest truth from the void," as Barnett Newman proclaimed in 1945. The paintings ...