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Bird flu fears have focused on the poultry and dairy industries and human health. But wild animals are threatened, too—at ...
The virus, which scientists call H5N1, has spread like wildfire around the globe in recent years, surprising and horrifying ...
Three Mississippi kites were back in the Centerville neighborhood where they had been feeding on cicadas for a few weeks, and a single bird was at Santuit Pond in Mashpee.
Chester Zoo welcomed 10 penguin chicks. One chick is being raised by same-sex couple Scampi and Flounder.
Care of the Penguin Chick The chick, born to parents within the Zoo’s African penguin colony, is cared for behind the scenes and has experienced impressive growth, increasing from a mere 70 ...
Chester Zoo said another penguin pair, Wotsit and Peach, laid two eggs before the "devoted duo" Scampi and Flounder stepped in to help to raise one.
Travel + Leisure readers showed a decisive preference for cities in North Africa and the Middle East this year, with only one based outside these regions. But the type of city varied: ancient ...
Diego, 22 and Zorro, 20, met at the Penguin Beach Encounter in July 2015, and became a couple the following February.
These recent sightings are compiled by Sue McGrath of Newburyport Birders. Report your sightings to Newburyport Birders at: newburyportbirders@comcast.net or 978-204-2976.
The Whithorn Way follows an ancient pilgrim route from Glasgow to Whithorn in Dumfries and Galloway. In this episode, we begin on the waterfront at Irvine looking at the unique remains of an ...
As a lifelong puffin fan, Nicola Brady swapped the better known Skomer Island in Wales for a personal pilgrimage to Ireland’s Great Saltee for a close-up encounter with the wobbly little seabirds ...