January 5, 2026 – Yosemite National Park officials spotlight the American dipper bird species, often seen in the park near ...

A jar of honey with honey dripping from the honey dipper on a slab with honey comb - New Africa/Shutterstock Never used a honey dipper in your life? You're probably not alone. But if you're used to ...

Scholars are fairly sure that the oldest of our star groups trace back to the Mesopotamian peoples of five or more millennia ago. In fact, the creatures that were made into the ancient Western ...

The Little Dipper is an asterism in the larger constellation of Ursa Minor, the Little Bear. Asterisms are patterns of stars of similar brightness. The stars may be part of a larger constellation or ...

If you step outside and look skyward as soon as darkness falls on these summer evenings, chances are you'll be able to pick out one of the most prominent and recognizable celestial patterns: the Big ...

You know the Big Dipper—also called the Plough. It’s that pattern of seven bright stars that isn’t actually a “real” constellation. Part of the constellation of Ursa Major—the Great Bear—it’s one of ...

Anyone who enjoys gazing at the night sky probably has a few favorite star patterns they like to look for: The Big Dipper, for example, or Orion’s belt. But those familiar shapes that many of us ...