For residents of the Front Range and the surrounding Colorado mountains, winter is more than just a season; it is a test of residential infrastructure.

Your chimney looks fine from the yard — but inspectors know better.

GENESEO, Ill. (KWQC) - Holiday decorations surround the “chimney escape” display in the wall, complete with a pair of Santa’s boots and a fireplace mantel right where firefighters busted a hole to ...

You might not want to live in a chimney, but for a chimney swift, it's the ideal place to rest — and a Fredericton chimney was a recent pit stop for more than 2,400 of the tiny birds. "They're ...

Lee Wallender is a home improvement writer of nearly 20 years and specializes in home remodeling, repair and maintenance. Sami Allen is the managing editor at Forbes Home, with over seven years of ...

Swarms of chimney swifts should have been in downtown Chapel Hill by late August, but birdwatcher Barbara Driscoll saw only a few, despite hearing their familiar twittering sound. She followed it ...

Prior to joining NPR in 2022, Mohammad was a producer on The Washington Post's daily flagship podcast Post Reports, where her work was recognized by multiple awards. She was honored with a Peabody ...

Many NPR listeners responded to a story explaining why some woodpeckers hammer on metal, including a man who said it solved a 35-year mystery for him. I recently did a story that got more listener ...

I recently did a story that got more listener comments than any other I've done in a while. It was about this mysterious noise I heard at my house early one recent morning. (SOUNDBITE OF METAL ...