It’s always tragic when a species goes extinct. But that tragedy is compounded when the species at risk is a country’s national bird. (Americans...

As if the last month’s revelation of a pair of murdered Whooping Cranes wasn’t devastating enough, the bad news just keeps on coming. Another pair of...

So much for not killing the messenger. This past weekend at the Vatican, Pope Francis delivered an annual address appealing for global peace. With the...

First, Australia gave us surfing swans. Now, the latest aquatic antics come courtesy of Emus. Clare tipped us off to this nugget: a mob...

It’s deja vu all over again, sadly. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced the death of two Whooping Cranes in Hopkins County, Kentucky. The...

Let’s say you’re a bird wrapping up your breeding season in the north of Scotland—where do your thoughts turn when winter beckons? If you’re like...

Glad you asked. It’s cold enough in Chicago—where our high temperature for the day was –2 degrees Farenheit—that the polar bear at the zoo...

After covering so many depressing stories lately (especially bad if you are an eagle in the U.S., or a Snowy Owl in New York...