DEAR MISS MANNERS: Just after Thanksgiving each year, my young nieces send out a letter to the extended family that contains ...

James Marshall’s “George and Martha” books are witty and complex in their depictions of transformative friendship.

What birders well know, fans of “composite organisms” and other creatures can now learn: how to identify obscure species in the wild.

A mom won’t let her kids send Christmas gift lists, but doesn’t know how to tell other parents without offending them.

I don’t like them getting used to the idea that they can just make lists of things other people should get for them.

I don’t like them getting used to the idea that they can just make gift lists of things other people should get for them.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Just after Thanksgiving each year, my young nieces send out a letter to the extended family that contains ...

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to a parent seeking advice on refusing to create ...

I’ve tried suggesting the relatives talk with my kids and see what they are into lately, but that hasn’t gone very far.

GENTLE READER: No. And not just because etiquette and Miss Manners condemn it (black looks funereal at a wedding, and black ...

If you’ve seen any of the “Ice Age” animated Disney movies, we have some bad news: You don’t know the real ice age.

The discovery In May 1925 provided fodder for the argument between creationists and evolutionary biologists, but what does ...