New Homeowners Discover Surprise Note: ‘Your House Comes With Ducks
“They come to the door and quack.” When Amber and Marvin Gilbert moved into their new home in August 2024, they were touched to find a bouquet of flowers and…
Heroic Man Tiptoes Across Plank to Save Stranded Seagull in Daring Rescue
“We just had a couple sharks circling. Don’t fall, dude!” While working on a boat off the coast of Nantucket, a group of men spotted something that stopped them in…
Great potoo: The ‘tree stump’ bird with a haunting growl and can see with its eyes closed
Throughout the night, great potoos emit a loud, moaning growl that has earned the bird a mythical status, with some communities believing the sounds to be children calling for lost…
Why don’t all birds fly?
Why don’t some birds, like penguins, ostriches and kiwis, take to the skies? Birds are often linked with flight, but around 60 species—less than 1% of all bird species—are flightless,…
The Old Man and the Stork: An Unlikely Friendship That Captivated a Nation
Turkey’s Heartwarming Spring Reunion: Adem and Yaren, the White Stork For 14 years, a simple fisherman from the Turkish village of Eskikaraagac in the Bursa region has shared an extraordinary…
Homeowner Seeks Help After Discovering a Feathered Visitor in the Tool Shed
“She could have been stuck inside the shed for a day or more.” Florida Homeowner Rescues Trapped Owl from Garden Shed A peaceful afternoon in the garden took an unexpected…
Baby Animals Are ‘Raining’ On This Town — So People Made A Plan To Help
“ few of them just dropped down right in front of us.” Icelandic Locals Unite to Save Lost Baby Puffins Each summer in Iceland, baby puffins, or “pufflings,” leave their…
Bald Eagle Collapses on a Snowy Sidewalk—But Help Arrives Quickly
“Oh my God. Look at this.” A Stunning Sight In British Columbia, spotting a majestic bald eagle soaring through the sky isn’t unusual. But when Graham Adderley saw one plummet…
Understanding the Bird Flu Outbreak in Wild Birds and Its Impact on Backyard Bird Feeders
Bird Flu’s Impact on Wild Birds: What You Need to Know WASHINGTON (AP) — Since its arrival in North America in late 2021, bird flu has wreaked havoc on poultry…
How a hummingbird chick acts like a caterpillar to survive
When Jay Falk and Scott Taylor first saw the white-necked Jacobin hummingbird chick in Panama’s dense rainforest, the bird biologists didn’t know what they were looking at. The day-old bird,…