It’s Not Normal to Raise Children Like This

My friend Elizabeth Oldfield has that rare and precious thing: a village. Hers is in the middle of London, contained within a ...
AZ Animals

Squirrel Nest vs. Bird Nest — How to Tell the Difference

To better understand their appearance and makeup, especially in comparison to bird nests, here are some specifics to keep in ...
The Associated Press

As the garden winds down, it’s time to care for winter-prepping birds

I just cleaned out and filled a couple of birdfeeders to help my migrating backyard buddies fuel up for their long journeys ...
The Dodo on MSN

Chirping In Shower Leads Rescuer To Little Family Living In Bathroom Vent

A few years ago, an apartment tenant in Ontario, Canada, was taking a shower when they heard a chirping noise echoing in the ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Birds Make an Alarm Call That Spans Species and Continents—and May Offer Insight Into the Evolution of Human Language

More than 20 species make a nearly identical noise to warn nearby birds of brood parasites, a behavior that bridges the ...
EurekAlert!

Improved fertility diagnostics could boost bird conservation breeding programmes, say scientists

A new analytical method is revealing how conservationists can further boost breeding programmes dedicated to saving some of ...
AOL

Tiny Chicken Raising Peacock Chick As Her Own Captures the Internet's Hearts

Sometimes, raising babies doesn't go quite as planned. While in a perfect world, everything goes great and nothing has ever been wrong, that's especially not how it works in the wild. Animals don't ...
FOX 40 WICZ TV

Dad raising new chick of world’s ‘most challenging bird species’

A rare chick known as the "world's most challenging bird species" to breed has been hatched at a UK zoo for the first time in 21 years. Paignton Zoo in Devon celebrated the first breeding of the ...