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A robotic falcon prepares for takeoff.
animals

Robo-Falcons Will Soon Patrol Edmonton International Airport

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's... a robotic bird protecting planes!
Cara Giaimo May 11, 2017
animals

Europeans Are Losing Their Minds Over This Boring Bird

Fame is contextual.
Cara Giaimo May 9, 2017
When a pigeon hit this plate-glass window, he left a ghost behind.
animals

Gorgeous, Gruesome Reminders to Bird-Proof Your Windows

When doves and pigeons collide with glass, they leave haunting images behind.
Cara Giaimo May 3, 2017
The Heath Hen Sculpture
West Tisbury, Massachusetts

Heath Hen Sculpture

A memorial sculpture to heath hens stands on the spot where the last heath hen, Booming Ben, was last seen.
animals

Urban Turkeys Are Wreaking Havoc in Boston

They may attack people they consider "subordinate," officials say.
Cara Giaimo April 25, 2017
animals

Have You Seen This Bird?

The Arrow Goose of Amherst, New York, is quickly becoming the stuff of legend.
Cara Giaimo April 17, 2017
Please don't take my feathers.
animals

Ancient Puebloans Probably Had Farms for Macaw Feathers

Some archaeologists recently studied a lot of old bird bones.
Eric Grundhauser April 11, 2017
Carved and painted ostrich egg showing Greek soldiers.
museums

When Ostrich Eggshells Were Luxury Goods

Be careful when you collect them.
Samir S. Patel April 11, 2017
Watch out for birds.
amusement parks

A Pigeon's Violent Encounter With a Roller Coaster Rider

There's video.
Eric Grundhauser April 10, 2017
Two male king penguins, going at it.
animals

Why Are Penguins' Sex Lives So Scandalous?

Since the early 1900s, these adorable birds have been too freaky for us to handle.
Cara Giaimo March 15, 2017
For the ducklings!
animals

In Indianapolis, a Series of Ramps Just for Ducklings

They're pretty cute.
Eric Grundhauser March 8, 2017
These guys aren't very bright.
animals

Some Turkeys, a Dead Cat, and a Lot of Turkey Experts

What's going on here?
Eric Grundhauser March 2, 2017
Falcons on a plane.
animals

What Happens When 80 Falcons Fly Coach

They were probably on their way to a hunting trip.
Cara Giaimo January 31, 2017
animals

Watch This Irresponsible Raven Eat a Parking Ticket

Quoth the raven, "You owe $25."
Cara Giaimo January 24, 2017
The outermost row of cabins.
Nørre Nebel, Denmark

Værnhytterne

This quiet bird sanctuary on the Danish coast is home to something not usually found in a conservation area: hunters' cabins.
Tambopata, Peru

Chuncho Macaw Clay Lick

The world's largest clay lick, where parrots gather to snack.
Pontoon boat rides at Tres Chimbadas Lake
Tambopata, Peru

Tres Chimbadas Lake

This small oxbow lake has rare giant river otters and some Seussian-sounding birds.
Santo Domingo Botanical Garden
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Dr. Rafael M. Moscoso National Botanical Garden

A remarkable range of flora and fauna are represented in this Dominican nature preserve.