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

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.” ...

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 ...

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?

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 ...

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

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 ...

“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 ...

The novelist was astonished by the lax security around the undersea internet cables that keep us connected. That vulnerability, both technological and human, is at the heart of Twist, his new novel ...