When she first saw it, the house and a backyard barn were painted a vivid shade of crimson. “I’m Swedish and the particular color of red was so typically Swedish,” she says.  Over the ...

Being white can make it tough to blend in—if you’re a nocturnal bird, that is. For years, researchers have puzzled over the snowy plumage of some barn owls (Tyto alba), which makes them stick ...

The shirt is the one I wear each time we paint a side of the old barn on the family farm – the red barn. The one with paint so bright red that when it lands on my white shirt, I could be ...

Two guys from high school, eating burgers at the Red Barn that carried across racial lines.

Nevin suggests that the answer to this question starts with another question: Why are barns red? Professional painters in the 1800s prepared house paint by mixing linseed oil with white lead paste.

Red velvet suit, white fur trim, tall black boots, cozy (if not indulgent) pom-pom hat. Santa Claus’ uniform may have some variations, from Tim Allen’s off-duty outfits in “The Santa Clause ...

Driving down Buckeye Road, I found myself looking for where the Red Barn hamburger joint once stood. It's gone. A parking lot.