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Wendell Gilley of Southwest Harbor is a near-legend among admirers of carved birds. Over a period of 35 years, he has produced more than 6,000 carvings, some selling for several thousand dollars.

Frank Kilburn was a professor of natural history and ornithology at the Washington State Normal School — what’s now the University of Maine at Machias — for 25 years. After he retired, in 1949, he set ...

ST. LOUIS – This is the last week to visit the historic Bird House at the Saint Louis Zoo for the foreseeable future. Beginning Monday, March 23, the near-century-old building will close for ...

They started digging deep into the ground to create a hidden underground house designed for protection from heavy rain and wild animals. The soil had to be removed slowly while shaping strong walls ...

A federal judge ruled yesterday that construction on a new ballroom, one of the most dramatic White House renovations in decades, had to stop until the Trump administration gained congressional ...

In the time and place where I grew up—Sioux City, Iowa, in the 1960s and early “˜70s—hunting dog breeds didn’t live in the house, period. It simply wasn’t done. The proper place for a bird hunting dog ...

Situated on the banks of the Vltava river, the town was built around a 13th-century castle with Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque elements. It is an outstanding example of a small central European ...