I started teaching in 1977, and across my nearly 50 years, I noticed that students were always interested in the history of ...

A floral-fruity fusion for the flirtiest of sweethearts, CHANEL’s Chance Eau Tendre is the dreamiest of perfumed presents.

Few films have explored the immigrant experience as poignantly as Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist. Taking audiences through the ...

The image of the tiny flapping butterfly has come to stand for the outsized impact of small actions, or even the inherent unpredictability of life itself. But what was Lorenz – who is now remembered ...

The Xerces Society, a conservation group dedicated to invertebrate protection, announced disheartening news for insect ...

A master of gem carving, jade, titanium and porcelain, visionary Hong Kong-based jeweler Wallace Chan seamlessly blends ...

The origin of Groundhog Day in America traces to the fervent religious beliefs of German-speaking immigrants in the 1800s.

Even though Maine already has 31 official state symbols — including a soil type, soft drink, fossil and insect — there seems to be a tendency to focus on what we don't have. Take for example two ...

On Thursday, invertebrate conservation group the Xerxes Society released the results of their 28th annual Western Monarch ...

Three new state symbols are proposed this year – reptile, amphibian and dog – which would bring Maine's total to 34.

A special mailbox for children to flag abuses has been set up at a Paris primary school, a first in the French capital as ...

What is the status of the monarch butterfly in the U.S. and is it listed as threatened or endangered? -- M. Smith, Raleigh, ...