Family finds rare all-white raptor unable to fly near Missouri home, officials say
A Fredericktown family reported that the locally beloved bird – a leucistic red-tailed hawk – was on their property and unable to fly, according to a Feb. 11 Facebook post from the Missouri Department ...
18 of world's rarest birds released to create new wild population in New Zealand
For 50 years, experts thought it had gone the way of the dodo. But in 1948 a tiny population of flightless takahē was ...
18 of world's rarest birds released to create wild population in New Zealand
For 50 years, experts thought it had gone the way of the dodo. But in 1948 a tiny population of flightless takahē was ...
Birds of Paradise Glow on Mating Parade
Interestingly, birds remain woefully understudied when it comes to the optical extras. Until now, no one had looked for the ...
Widespread biofluorescence in birds-of-paradise suggests enhanced signaling for hierarchy and courtship displays
New research by scientists at the American Museum of Natural History and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln reports, for the ...
‘Rare’ creatures spotted at wildlife sanctuary in Australia leave experts ‘elated’
“Elated” ecologists at Scotia Wildlife Sanctuary wasted no time. Scarlet-chested parrots are “threatened and understudied,” ...
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The pecking order at the bird feeder
While the man-made and woman-made gusts and microbursts whip Washington, D.C., into chaos, the only disturbances here are at ...
Extra sun, shivering sea temperatures and a 'planetary parade': February's ITV Channel Weather Watch
February can be one of the coldest months with the lowest sea temperatures but days will get lighter and a rare planetary parade is set to appear in our skies. | ITV News Channel ...