Birds are strange. Within their particular species, they tend to all look the same and when they’re flying in groups it’s as though they’ve formed a gestalt controlled by some invisible group ...

Oscar-nominated doc “Winged Migration” ascended into box office heaven on one screen while Newmarket nicely opened the Swedish film “Lilja 4-Ever” at four locations. “Better Luck Tomorrow” continued ...

Now that it’s the middle of September yellow leaves are either on or falling off many different trees. Virginia creeper vines are getting redder and so are poison ivy vines. And wild sunflowers, ...

Given America’s profusion of cable channels, any nature documentary has a lot of competition. One made for the big screen has to distinguish itself from numerous PBS and Discovery Channel programs ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... One of the miracles in nature is the annual migration of North American waterfowl in their journey from Alaska, the provinces of Canada and the Prairie ...

"Winged Migration" is a cinematic tribute to birds. The 85-minute film isn't exactly a documentary, as it offers up only the most basic of information. Rather it is a pictorial salute to the ...

Jan. 31—There wasn't much Red Bull to be found, but make no mistake, Mare Island was the place for everyone to get their wings this weekend. The area at Building 69 became the central hub for the ...

For 80 million years, “Winged Migration” grandly informs, “birds have ruled the skies, seas and Earth.” Now, however, they have some company. Us. To fly with those creatures has been a human dream, ...

As we prepare for the arrival of fall, we can also be on the lookout for a breathtaking wildlife spectacle that is a part of life here in the Southern Appalachian Mountains: the migration of the broad ...