The Department of Conservation flew ranger Iain Graham and his dog Brew to Adams Wilderness. They found the elusive female kiwi and collected feathers for DNA confirmation-called “almost miraculous.” ...

If Graham’s ears were correct — honed by his profession as a Biodiversity ranger — then he knew he was hearing two creatures ...

The snow petrel, a strikingly white bird with black eyes and a black bill, is one of only three bird species ever observed at ...

Bird flu fears have focused on the poultry and dairy industries and human health. But wild animals are threatened, too—at ...

Pepper, a feline owned by John Lednicky, a virologist at the University of Florida, recently discovered orthoreovirus on a dead rodent he had caught. Orthorevirus is a viral genus that’s known to ...

When author Brian Buckbee rescued an injured baby pigeon in the midst of his own devastating illness, they gave each other ...

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Unlike many birds where males alone perform, flamingo courtship involves hundreds or even thousands of birds of both sexes participating in synchronized group displays. These “nuptial dances” begin ...

I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story: Directed by Dave LaMattina, Chad N. Walker. With Frank Oz, Jim Henson, Steve Whitmire, Alison Bartlett. Caroll Spinney has been Sesame Street's Big Bird and ...