The aurora borealis has jumped to the top of many travelers' wish lists, creating a tourism boom in the northernmost reaches ...

I OPEN my eyes and stare into total darkness. I can’t even see my hand when it’s inches from my face — and with the noise of ...

After four flights (Raleigh-Durham to Boston to Reykjavik to Oslo to Alta), I arrived in Alta, a small commune in the Finnmark region that calls itself “the city of the northern lights.” ...

the whir of Anna’s hummingbirds and the two-tone call of the northern flicker and so many chirps and chits and flights of notes I’ve yet to identify. So. Ready to dispel the gloom?

When the lights finally flicker into action ... as Iceland is one of the best places in the world to spot the magnificent Northern Lights. Sadly, I didn’t stand a chance of spotting the ...

On Saturday afternoon, Spaun nestled into a vibrating 'rocket ship' that convinced him he really could compete with the ...

Deuskar also marveled at seeing a red-shafted northern flicker, a beautiful bird that ... was seeing thousands of snow geese take flight. Bentley is a teacher at Russell Elementary in the ...

“hleapewince”, meaning “leap with a flicker or waver in it” - a reference to the bird’s erratic flight, showing flashes of white when flying in a group. The northern lapwing, to give the ...

A few hours earlier, Spaun had been worried about missing his Sunday night flight. 'Then the delay happened ... birdies and 14 at 16 to reel in the Northern Irishman. He nearly followed it ...