NENDAZ, Switzerland (Reuters) - The soft sounds of hundreds of wooden Swiss alpine horns filled the valley below Switzerland's Mount Tracouet on Sunday, as the world's largest festival of its kind ...

To better understand how grassland ecosystems respond to a warming climate and rising levels of carbon dioxide -- particularly with respect to the plants' water use -- resourceful scientists have ...

According to a team of international researchers, mature, male alpine ibex demonstrate a correlation between horn growth and genetic diversity. The researchers believe their study offers evidence to ...

A french horn ensemble concert at Carroll Lutheran Village in Westminster, Saturday December 22, 2018. It was founded, and for many years, run by a village resident named Phil Hooks, who passed away ...

Active listening is getting a whole new meaning at this year's Wintergreen Music Festival. Folks who turn out for the festival's second Music Hike this weekend will find that Nelson County's hills are ...

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What do you get when you cross a length of garden hose, a French horn mouth piece and a funnel? If you were Phil Hooks, you had the perfect instrument with which to serenade your fellow Carroll ...

How do plant ecosystems react to rising concentrations of the greenhouse gas CO2 in the atmosphere over the long term? This fundamental question is becoming increasingly pressing in light of global ...