Owls set beetle trap with dung
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Owls have been observed using dung as bait to trap beetles for their food, US biologists report.
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A new floating mink trap developed in the UK incarcerates the predators while letting other species go free.
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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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EUGENE, Ore. - Saws buzz and carpenters hammer nails, set up ladders and run an air generator. Al doesn't give a hoot. The brownish Western screech-owl showed up at Laura Fenimore's house as she began adding what will be her new great room.
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State agriculture officials are asking Oregonians to keep an eye out for suspicious insects, after an exotic pest from Asia was spotted in a Portland neighborhood.
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Thornbugs communicate by vibrating the branches they live on. Now scientists are discovering just what the bugs are "saying."
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Wild chimpanzees have been filmed using tools in combination to extract termites from mounds&#151;further evidence that tool use is not unique to humans.
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Kingston moves to contain flying rat menace The council of Kingston in Surrey is to carry out a "humane cull" of pigeons in the town's Memorial Gardens, the Surrey Comet reports.â¦
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NEW YORK - A hawk down in midtown Manhattan? Another bird of prey grounded across town? A sheep loose in the Bronx? It wasn't shear fantasy. The odd series of animal adventures began 10 a.m.
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Two Hungarians puzzled by how certain creatures with shells, like turtles and beetles, are able to self-right have developed a shape with one stable and one unstable point of equilibrium to explain the phenomenon.
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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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A university study shows the population of a tiny endangered owl in northern Mexico has declined by an estimated 26 percent over the last seven years, a finding that environmentalists said bolsters their arguments for greater protection for the bird in Arizona.
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By BOB HAYWOOD  A QUIET revolution among the birds and the bees is changing the face of wildlife in the Midlands.   This year's blazing hot summer - against a background of global warming - has brought exotic new species to the region which have not been seen for centuries, or ever.
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By Erica Meltzer, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson  Dec. 17--The price of conservation on the Northwest Side approaches $100,000 an acre.   For some environmentalists, it's a price worth paying to secure a few safe harbors for the threatened pygmy owl.
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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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Forget GPS, forget road signs. Researchers in England say foraging Pharaoh's ants employ a simpler means to find their way home: geometry.
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The public is being asked to help with a major survey into Britain's owl population.