From casual bird buddies to ornithology obsessives, you can now trek to far flung corners of the globe and identify any feathered friend you find – as long as you have a smartphone. The hugely popular ...

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I've downloaded countless meditation apps and tried all the breathing exercises to stay present. Yet, the app I wasn't expecting to help me with mindfulness is the one I've had the most success with.

While spring and summer are the prime seasons for bird watching, our winged friends are everywhere all the time, and they often switch out with the seasons, especially during peak migration. The best ...

People are pulling out their smartphones to answer the question, "What's that bird?" Bird identification apps for iPhones, Android phones and Windows phones abound. A library of printed field guides ...

Thank you for publishing a nice article on the Sound ID feature of Merlin Bird ID, the excellent free bird identification app from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology (“Lend an ear,” Reading Eagle, Oct. 1) ...

To stay grounded in the present moment and practice mindfulness, I've tried all the breathing exercises and meditation apps designed to help with this sort of thing. But what has helped me the most in ...

AI still needs work. Often wrongly identifies birds. Records all movement, even cars. Pricey. I like to think my grandmother sends me birds. She passed away a while ago, but I always think of her when ...

We become desensitized to the common sounds around us—car alarms, chattering squirrels, the mechanical functions of modern living kicking on and off throughout the day. If you had asked me a week ago ...

Merlin was on the job at Westwood Hills Nature Center in St. Louis Park one recent day, helping birders identify bird songs. Not Merlin the storied magician, although what was happening could be ...

I committed a cardinal sin of hunting last week. I incorrectly identified a bird and then shot and killed it. Fortunately, the bird I shot was a legal game bird — a snipe — but the fact that I was ...