July was the hottest month on record in the lower 48 states of the United States. Drought grips much of the nation’s west. And we...
Kapiti, a predator free island near Wellington that I’ve spoken of before, came close to receiving another mammalian invader recently. Fishermen out near the island spotted a possum riding a...
With one American birding magazine already having closed its doors this year it would be a real shame to lose another. Julie Zickefoose explains...
Or so The Onion would have us believe. Hat-tip to Mark Heddon.
Apparently Alley Cat Allies only wants to protect feral cats, an introduced predator that decimates native wildlife communities. And should a group dare question...
A new study conducted in Athens, Georgia, by National Geographic and the University of Georgia put cameras on house cats allowed outdoors. Thirty percent...
A new species of barbet was discovered in 2008 in Peru by a team of ornithologists that were recent graduates of Cornell University. The...
Molly Laich has an article ruminating on crows that is worth a read in the Missoula Independent. Hat-tip to Carrie.
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