Homing pigeons are famous for finding their way home over long distances, but new research suggests their navigation abilities may depend on an unexpected organ: the liver. Scientists have long…
A great horned owl who was once found covered in concrete has finally returned to the wild after spending six months recovering at a Utah sanctuary. The young owl was…
She needed help. The other day, a juvenile eagle in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, found herself in a tricky situation. She’d gotten tangled up in fishing line and was stuck on…
“It was clear she was in distress.” Last week, Lisa Plassman was helping outside during school dismissal at Westminster Preschool in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, when an unusual and worried “parent”…
“e really didn’t look good …” Recently, a jogger on a beach in Brenton-on-Sea, South Africa, noticed an African penguin lying facedown in the sand. At first, it was unclear…
Nature is often described through conflict: predators chasing prey, parasites exploiting hosts and species competing for the same resources. But there is another side to life on Earth that is…
“ alone, cold and out of place …” Last month, a group of Mount Everest guides were practicing on a glacier when they noticed something unusual in the snow. A…
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…
“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…
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…