Cowbirds run 'mafia racket' over eggs
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Raise my kids, or else! People have long wondered how cowbirds can get away with leaving their eggs in the nests of other species, who then raise the baby cowbirds. Why don't the hosts just toss the strange eggs out? Now researchers seem to have an answer &#151; if the host birds reject the strange eggs, the cowbirds come back and trash the place.
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Animal DNA is being used as hard evidence in a growing number of "CSI"-type cases to catch criminals of all stripes, from killers to cattle rustlers.
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The potential US mad cow case renews interest in more public data and tracking of animals. By Mike Lee -- Bee Staff Writer. Get weekday updates of Sacramento Bee headlines and breaking news.
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Have jewelry designers gone over the hedge? Precious critters are stampeding out of their jewelry cages, and they are not your garden-party-variety menagerie.
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MONKTON, Vt. - Wanted: Cheese vandals. Someone sneaked into the production house at Orb Weaver Farm and punctured 237 wheels of cheese at the Orb Weaver Farm.
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Pigeon fanciers, tired of having their prize racing birds snatched away by predators, have a plan to save them -- make them taste too nasty for other birds to eat.
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Last year&#39;s Christmas Bird Count in Missouri turned up a green heron, rarely seen in the state in the winter. Randy Korotev, one of the organizers, has no idea what birds will delight this year&#39;s counters.
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The head of women's tennis suspects organised criminals, including the Russian mafia, are trying to fix matches.
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MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa - Backyard butchers and some noisy chickens have led officials in this central Iowa town to ban live poultry in residential areas. "Some people were raising the chickens, then butchering them for dinner," Police Chief Lon Walker said. "The other thing was noise.
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Birds living in cities are performing a form of "avian rap" to counter urban noise, a study suggests.
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MONTEREY, Calif. - In an effort to eliminate bird droppings, the city is smothering goose eggs with vegetable oil. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has permitted the city to addle or oil-coat Canada goose eggs in nests for the past five years to stall bird popullation growth.
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Getting involved with a cheater spells t-r-o-u-b-l-e. (27 points!)
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By Monique Curet, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio  Sep. 10--Sylvia Zimmerman is unabashedly fond of her dairy cows, singing out, "Hi, girls, hi, girls," to the animals as she motors past them in a cart.  "A cow is such a marvelous creature," says Zimmerman, who farms in Delaware County.
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This is turning out to be more like a game of snakes and ladders than anything else. Or perhaps an analogy with chess would be better.
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The state of Louisiana is on the skirmish lines of a growing fight waged by animal-rights groups, lawmakers and courts over the treatment of animals in relation to sports.
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Player fights to save career amid allegations of animal cruelty and illegal betting.
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For lovebirds nesting in the upper branches of the socioeconomic tree, weddings have become a way to trade your marquee appeal for free or discounted favors.