Earlier this week, while stopping at a country store in Monroe County to buy some snacks, I ran into an old acquaintance decked out in well-worn, camouflage hunting clothes. “Going deer hunting?” I ...

As I gaze at the bird feeders outside my living room window in Decatur, three mourning doves swoop in. Two of them land beneath the feeders and start pecking at seeds that have spilled onto the ground ...

Doves have a long connection with the winter holiday season. Along with the Magi that brought gifts to the Holy Family at the first Nativity scene, there were shepherds who brought gifts of fruit, ...

A white dove has been a symbol of peace for centuries. In the 1960s, the dove was a symbol the original hippies used to call for an end to the war in Vietnam. The poster for Woodstock — the 1969 music ...

Huddled together on a branch, the two youngsters preen each other's heads and necks before falling still, patiently awaiting a parent's return. Upon the adult's arrival, the peaceful scene quickly ...

ROME — Animal rights groups on Monday appealed to Pope Francis to end the practice of releasing doves from a Vatican window overlooking St. Peter’s Square, a day after a pair of the peace symbols were ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Martin Luther King Jr. believed everyone is born with natural rights and that the statement that “all men are created equal” in the Declaration of ...