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A family of barn owls has moved into New York City's Upper West Side, perhaps the first to nest in Manhattan in modern history
The newest celebrity family in New York City isn’t a group of Hollywood stars or musicians, but a posse of barn owls that ...
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These South American birds can match a jackhammer's ear-splitting volume, making them some of the world's loudest known avians
From soft peeps to piercing calls, birds produce a wide range of sounds. But scientists recently discovered that two South ...
Flight was probably more widespread in dinosaurs than previously thought. A newly identified species sheds light on how some ...
Lydia Sugarman is among the owls’ new fans. Tired of all the recent news about wars and disasters, she can’t wait for New ...
Native to the Mediterranean, the cliff-dwelling birds are born with a seemingly supernatural ability to “home”—that is, to ...
With autumn comes a whole new wave of opportunities to enjoy New York’s bountiful nature, including birds and fall color.
A 13-year-old Minnesota student has developed an experimental peanut-shell tablet that could help remove pesticide residues ...
Researchers measured the calls of 123 bird species in Brazil. Two reached volumes comparable to chainsaws and louder than ...
New York is a bustling metropolis of opportunity with plenty to do and see along the way. Although this city is fantastic for ...
Klein Curaçao transformed from a barren islet to a vibrant seabird haven after eradicating feral goats and cats. Discover how ...
A year after the federal ban on DDT was enacted, the peregrine falcon was placed on the U.S.’s Endangered Species List, amid a major conservation drive across North America. Beginning in the mid-1970s ...
The Supreme Court once billed the Endangered Species Act as “the most comprehensive legislation for the preservation of ...
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