Few birds have more common names than the northern flicker. This flashy woodpecker goes by cotton-rump, high-hole, yellowhammer and at least 150 other colloquialisms. All these monikers speak to the ...

The awe-inspiring visuals of the aurora borealis have fascinated humanity for centuries, but its most enduring mystery lies not in what we see but what some have claimed to hear for generations.

A huge swath of the United States – including Rhode Island – has the chance to see the northern lights tonight, January 19. "Aurora may be seen as low as Alabama and northern California," NOAA's Space ...

If you look up in the sky tonight, there's a chance you could see the northern lights, or Aurora Borealis, as they are commonly called. The Space Weather Prediction Center said there's a chance to see ...