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By its simplest definition, a vulture is a bird of prey that feeds on carrion, which is the meat of dead animals. The media has often portrayed the vulture as a harbinger of death in books and films.
Twig by tiny twig, a blossoming birder tackles her “fixer-upper” property and transforms it into a “tiny state park” buzzing ...
A new study reveals that plastic-filled nests are causing fatal entanglements in baby birds, even far from the ocean.
A Redditor shared a photo of a snowberry clearwing moth, which has a yellow and black, shrimp-shaped body and see-through ...
A summer of birdwatching reveals nesting mysteries, territorial truce, and daily song as local species — from phoebes to ...
Heartbreaking photos and video footage reveal white storks - one of Europe's biggest birds - tangled up in plastic waste, rope and other harmful human debris.
Tucked away near Statesboro, Georgia, George L. Smith State Park offers a serene escape into nature, complete with kayaking, ...
What’s your guess for Earth’s most isolated island? It’s not Hawaii. It’s not Fiji. In fact, if you’re thinking beaches, palm ...
There’s a good reason most North American birds nest in late spring or early summer: The weather and water are warmer, prey abounds, and insects and fruits are plentiful enough for rearing hungry ...
Lookout Fire burned most of a forest in Oregon. What's unfolding in the aftermath could inform the future of other forests burned as wildfire becomes fiercer and more frequent.
The research focused on nine species in Zambia—three nightjars, three coursers (desert-dwelling waders), and three plovers. The birds nest among leaf litter and on patches of scorched, bare ground ...