Woman Braves Frigid Water to Rescue Seagull Trapped and Hooked by Fishing Line
A woman has been praised as a hero after braving icy water to save an injured seagull that had been trapped in fishing line for more than five hours near…
Man Finds A ‘Little Puff Ball’ On His Basement Steps — And Realizes It’s A Wild Baby
“He was like, ‘What is that?’” Earlier this month, a homeowner in Columbia, Pennsylvania, was heading into his basement when he spotted something odd perched on the stairs — a…
Rescued Owl Silently Thanks Park Ranger Who Saved Her Before Flying Free
“It was the most prolonged eye contact I’ve ever experienced.” Each evening as Nicholas Albright, a park ranger at Gifford Pinchot State Park in Pennsylvania, locked the gates for the…
Driver Stops When Car In Front Swerves — And Finds A Gorgeous Bird In Need
Last month, Allie O’Brien was driving home at night when she noticed the car ahead of her suddenly veer a little. Looking closer, she spotted a small figure in the…
Bird Crashing Through Car’s Grille Leads To An Ending That No One Expected
“After 20 years as a veterinary nurse, I had never seen anything like it.” What looked like a tragedy ended in a way that no one could have predicted. Last…
Man Snaps Photo Of Bald Eagle With 2 Heads — Then Learns What’s Really Going On
He was scratching his head … It started as an ordinary day in Surrey, British Columbia — until a man walking down the street looked up and spotted something extraordinary:…
Country diary: A bum note amid the dawn chorus
What used to be the old Buxton dump still shows signs of its past, but today it has transformed into a tangled, independent patch of woodland dominated by willow and…
Endangered Bird Was Losing its Song, So Captive Breeding Now Includes ‘Singing Lessons’ from Wild Males
The critically endangered regent honeyeater has declined to 300 or fewer birds in the wild, and that drop has created an unexpected problem. Young males living in isolation have been…
Fears for superb fairy-wrens as experts studying Canberra population predict extinction within decades
New research suggests the superb fairy-wren could disappear within the next 30 to 40 years, based on a long-running study in Canberra. Scientists behind the work, published in Nature, found…
Endangered Cockatoos Finally Hatch Chick in Artificial Nest, a Promise of Conservation Success
The outlook is becoming much more hopeful for one of Australia’s most striking and unusual cockatoos, a species whose survival depends on extremely rare nesting conditions. Experts explain that creating…