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Philippine monkey-eating eagle 'Lord of the Forest' Endangered

The Philippine monkey-eating eagle is well named for its preference for eating monkeys, particularly macaques. This ferocious-looking bird stands over 3 feet (1 m) tall and can weigh up to 9 pounds (4 kg) --...

City birds sleep late

City birds can afford to sleep in their nests a little longer than their country cousins according to a new report from the British Trust for Ornithology. The micro-climate created by urban human activity sees the...

The Evolution of Plant Minds

     I was listening this past weekend to an NPR story about the history of chewing gum (see http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106439600&ft=1&f=1032). ...

Evolution Evidence Found Between Dinosaurs And Birds

From the fossils discovered in northernwest China a new evolution evidence about how dinosaur evolved into bird has come out. The remains were discovered in northwest China that are deposited 159 million years...

Endangered Maleo birds get their own exotic beach to protect them

Endangered Maleo birds are getting their own stretch of Indonesian beach to help protect them from poachers, all for the low price of $12,500. Maleos look like chickens, but with black backs, pink stomachs and yellow...

Two gay penguins raise their adopted chick in Germany

Two gay penguins at a zoo in Bremerhaven Germany have hatched their own chick and are now acting as its adoptive parents. They were given the egg as it was rejected by its biological parents so the gay couple...

Pesticide Kills 160 Birds in Perth, Western Australia

160 birds were found dead or dying near a garbage dump in the southern Perth suburb of Henderson. After several contamination checks, the cause of the birds' deaths was traced to phosphorus-based insecticide called Fenthion. "Nearly 200 ibises, ravens, gulls, ducks and a...

3 species of birds are close to extinction

Three species of birds are close to extinction now due to loss of habitat and deforestation. The Ethiopian Lark, the Galapagos Finch and a certain species of hummingbird from Colombia have all been added to ...

President: "Earth has ‘right to life’"

Bolivian President promotes Earth’s ‘right to life’.  Mr. Evo Morales, the first indigenous president in Bolivia's history, spoke whole-heartedly to the UN General Assembly to encourage people to put the...

Exotic Diseases in the U.S. May Rise

We know about Dengue Fever, West Nile Virus and Lyme Disease - but have you heard of Leishmaniasis Disease, Chagas Disease and/or Chikungunya Virus? Probably not, unless you've been to places outside of the U.S....

Brown Pelican taken off the Endangered List in California

The Brown Pelican has been taken off the Endangered Species in California, making this the first time that the California Fish and Game Commission has voted to remove a species from the list as a result of it...

Eighth Grader's Invention Protects Birds from Unfortunate Demise

It's not every day an eighth grader comes up with an invention that is innovative and saves lives - in this case, the lives of our feathery friends. Just about anyone with windows has a story about their clear...

Pelicans Mysteriously Falling from West Coast Sky

Hundreds of pelicans have been falling from the sky on the west coast of the United States - literally. Some have crashed into cars and boats, while others are found miles inland and some are even run over on the...

Live dissection of great white shark today

For the first time ever, a live dissection of a great white shark happened on webcam today on in front of 1,500 people in Auckland New Zealand. The young female shark weighed 300 kg and viewers got a first hand look...

Norwegian pays $81,200 for Markhor hunting in Pakistan

A Norwegian national, Oyvind Christensen, hunted a Kashmiri Markhor in Toshi area of Pakistan’s mountainous Chitral district after paying $81,200 for permit. Kashmiri Markhor is usually one-and-a-half-metre...

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