To know what a tropical bird is, you first have to know where the tropics are. The tropics form a band around the equator ...

It’s about seven inches tall, with bright yellow legs, a pale gray back and large ... crows, ravens and owls. If it senses trouble overhead, it flattens itself against the ground and seems to ...

We were in Central Park after dark scanning the shadows for movement. Every now and then a rabbit, raccoon or rat scurried by. But they weren’t the animals we were looking for. Suddenly, sirens ...