Tag: Birds - Page 7
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How Can We Save More Seabirds? Foraging Pattern Analysis is Key
If you can't fully protect a wildlife habitat, the next best thing is to make sure that the parts that are protected are the most important ones and that they work well together to sustain a working ecosystem.
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FAA Allows Whooping Cranes To Resume Migration Flight to Florida
FAA gives waiver to ultralights that Operation Migration whooping cranes follow
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4 High-Design Bird Houses Helping Protect Our Feathered Friends this Winter
Baby, it's cold outside, and that's not just you.
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The Week in Animal News: Smuggling Poisonous Snakes in Suitcase, Hybrid Sharks, and More
A man was caught trying to smuggle 247 live animals onto a plane. We also have hybrid sharks, scientists tickling animals, architecturally designed cat houses, and more.
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Canadian Goose Burger, Anyone? Eating Invasive Species to Control Their Numbers
Meat eating is always a tricky subject. But what if you are hunting invasive species that are wiping out native animals?
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Fireworks Used Deliberately in Arkansas Mass Bird Death
Despite the ominous-seeming scenario of hundreds of birds falling from the sky in Arkansas on New Year's Eve, authorities say that it was no act of God.
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Using Ducks to Control Slugs in the Garden
Slugs can be a nightmare in the garden. But if you keep ducks, they become animal feed. (And entertainment too.)
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Take the 'Bird a Day' Challenge in 2012
Think you can spot a new bird a day for each of the 365 days of the new year? It's tougher than it sounds.
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Poaching Songbirds for Supper On the Rise in Cyprus
The continued popularity of ambelopoulia, a traditional dish of pickled songbirds, has created a 15-million-euro business in which poachers annually kill 2 million birds.
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The Week in Animal News: Epically Lost Sea Turtle to be Released, Sylvester Stallone Movie Harms Bats, and More
A young sea turtle found in the Netherlands will be released after a three-year recovery. We also have the search for the "extinct" Javan tiger, Sylvester Stallone's bat cave incident, and more.
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Backyard Chickens: What's the Return on Investment, and Should You Care?
An online calculator helps you find out how much money you can save by keeping chickens. But does it really matter?
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Chicken Adoption Drive Saves Thousands of Battery Hens
Thanks to local chicken advocates and heaps of hen-loving residents, a sizable flock of birds once slated for the slaughterhouse now have real homes following the largest chicken adoption drives ever conducted in the UK.
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Parking Lots Kill Birds? Thousands Die in Utah Crash Landing
In Utah, birds plunge to their death after storms make parking lots look like ponds. Thwack. Another reason for less pavement?
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Rare White Kiwi Hatches Just in Time for Christmas
Conservationists say they're "Gob-Smacked" to be having a White Kiwi Christmas this year.
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This Artist's Designs Are For The Birds... Literally
Colorado-based sculptor Lynne Hull's 'client list' is full of animal species that find shelter in her 'trans-species art,' outdoor works that double as wildlife habitat.
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First Wolves Tagged for GPS Tracking in Turkey
A new project to follow wolves as they roam through the wilds of eastern Turkey will help determine how much space is needed to protect them and how conflicts with people can be reduced.
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Berlin: the City is Wild
Tourists and natives alike know that Berlin is a wild city. But do they know just how wild?
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President Obama Pardons Turkeys (Video)
There aren't too many things happening in Washington DC these days that pretty much everybody can agree upon -- but you'd be hard pressed to find someone who doesn't enjoy a good ol' fashioned turkey pardoning.
