Dead Crows Scare Away Living Crows
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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - Dead crows make good scarecrows. It's a method Cedar Rapids park officials say works wonders in their "crow coffin" program, which places dead crows on trees to detract thousands of living crows from perching.
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Wildlife researchers leading a flock of young whooping cranes south for the winter are warning people to stay out of their way after an apparently curious ultralight pilot disturbed the endangered birds.
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Confused by lights, rare birds that navigate by the moon are losing their way. Now a lights-out law aims to save them from extinction.
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If it seems quiet in your back yard these days, it&#39;s probably because so many species of birds have flown the coop, bound south on their migratory journeys.
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About 1,500 dead birds that have washed up on the southern shore of the Great Salt Lake may have been killed by avian cholera, an expert said. Dead grebes, ducks and gulls were being sent to the U.S. Geological Survey National Wildlife Health Center in Madison, Wis., for examination.
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SAN BENITO COUNTY, Calif. -- San Benito County public health services has confirmed that three dead birds found in the county have tested positive for West Nile virus.
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The death has prompted officials to change the habitats of some zoo animals.
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Hollister - State health officials found three dead birds in San Benito County infected with West Nile virus, according to test results reported Wednesday.
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About 1,500 dead birds that washed up on the southern shore of the Great Salt Lake may have been killed by avian cholera, an expert said.
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Authorities in far western China have gone into battle against a plague of rodents by using &quot;hot-shot&quot; eagles and foxes, state media reported on Thursday.
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A dead crow found in Fremont has tested positive for West Nile virus, the fourth case discovered in Alameda County, health officials said Monday.
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In 60 years, bird-watchers have caught just one fleeting glimpse of an ultra-rare woodpecker. Now a robot is joining the hunt. By Brendan Borrell.
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Squirrels, pigeons and mice -- Wimbledon&#39;s Centre Court has attracted a menagerie of animals over the years who brought many a tense match to a halt with their unwelcome intrusions.
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For scientists who recently recorded the shriek-like call of one of the world's rarest birds, the sound is music to their ears. (Includes audio)
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The People's Daily Online reports Chinese scientists have successfully implanted electrodes in pigeons' brains to control the birds' movements. Reminds us of U.S. attempts to create remote-controlled shark spies. In Danger Room.
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COLUMBIA, S.C. - Dozens of birds, drunk from eating holly berries, crashed into the glass of an office building and died earlier this week. "It was like an Alfred Hitchcock movie," worker Denise Wilkinson said. "It was spooky.
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Biosecurity stepped up and workers given Tamiflu as vets test more dead birds in Dorset