New Zealand conservationists have been fighting for years to keep the kakapo, the world’s only flightless parrot, from disappearing, with intensive conservation efforts ...
Paranormasight: The Mermaid’s Curse is probably Square Enix ’s most complex and compelling game of 2026. A sequel to Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo (2023), this title presents a new ...
The world’s largest colony of northern gannets was decimated by bird flu in 2022. Now, as their numbers climb again, researchers are collecting data to understand the virus’ lasting effects ...
Quick Take The kākāpō is a flightless parrot inhabiting just a few islands off New Zealand’s coast. Females breed only when ...
Raising backyard chickens has exploded in popularity in recent years. Many people are building chicken coops to save money on ...
A simple length of fishing line could help give Bermuda’s bluebirds a better chance of holding off house sparrows that aggressively take over their nesting sites. Sparrows have threatened the native ...
In the late 1950s, China launched a nationwide campaign to eliminate sparrows, blaming them for crop losses. The effort initially appeared successful, as bird populations collapsed across the country.
In North America’s spring, a bubbly song burbles up from some grassy meadows, the song of the breeding male bobolink. It is a “bubbling, jangling warble with short notes on widely different pitches; ...
London Breed has said little in the year since she left office. She has thoughts on the praise that the current mayor, Daniel Lurie, has received. London Breed, the former mayor of San Francisco, is ...
The house sparrow is about 15 centimeters long and weighs about 25–35 grams. It has brown and black striped upperparts and gray undersides. The male has a black throat patch and gray skullcap, while ...
Parents are demanding answers after a Baltimore County high school wrestling team was left without a ride home following a match Tuesday night, after what they describe as a heated confrontation ...
In 1991, the Mennen Company marketed a deodorant line to teenage girls called Teen Spirit. But the name backfired, as older kids shunned anything branded as “teen.” Instead, the deodorant was used ...