The narrator of Edgar Allen Poe’s poem, The Raven, struggles to deal with the loss of his love, Lenore, and is haunted by her death. The presence of a raven at his window adds a sinister element to ...

Although I'm not quite sure what brought this subject to mind, I have recently remembered an unusual resident of our state that is rarely mentioned here. I'm betting that few of you have heard this ...

Crows, ravens, and magpies exhibit many fascinating behaviors. For instance, when a fellow bird dies, you can see them sitting in trees, calling loudly. They repeatedly fly down to the body and ...