Birds

It may be time to retire the term "gentle giant".Researchers in the Seychelles have filmed a giant tortoise chasing and devouring a tern chick in one go. The scientists involved in the discovery say it is the first time that such an act…

A vast majority of diseased birds taken into clinics and rehabilitation centers have died. At City Wildlife, all the birds arrived with such severe symptoms that they died within days or their disease progressed to the point that they had…

The coin is in the illusionist’s left hand, now it’s in the right — or is it? Sleight of hand tricks are old standbys for magicians, street performers and people who’ve had a little too much to drink at parties.On humans, the deceptions…

Every day, thousands of hooks and nets designed for fish catch seabirds - a global problem that is threatening many species of seabirds with extinction. But no fishing gear can do more damage than the gill net, which entangles and kills at…

Dr. Thömmes explained the IAA method as follows: Assume a photo is liked 12,425 times on Instagram. "That number alone doesn't mean much, especially if we want to compare it to another photo," she said. However, by "controlling reach and…

"According to this theory, a bright red bird is basically screaming, 'Look how healthy I am', 'My immune system is working' or 'My metabolism is working' or 'I am so healthy that I can invest pigments in my feathers" said Ms. McCoy. “This…

On Washington's Long Beach Peninsula, which borders the Willapa National Wildlife Refuge and Willapa Bay, spot a pelagic species like a sooty shearwater as hundreds of thousands of waders like black-bellied plover work the wet sand. If you…

A salmonella outbreak related to exposure to wild songbirds and birdhouses left 19 people ill in eight states, eight of whom were hospitalized.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said they were studying salmonella infections in…