Urban-based birds 'learn to rap'
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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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By Steve Pollick, The Blade, Toledo, Ohio  Feb. 14--You could tell from the way the birds were reacting at the backyard feeders yesterday morning that something big was on the way.   The feeders at my rural western Sandusky County creekbottom home were gleaned all but clean.
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FORTESCUE, New Jersey  - A tiny shorebird is edging closer to extinction, threatened by fishermen who destroy its food staple for bait and loved by ornithologists who are drawn from around the world to count it.
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A project that tracks coyotes in real time can pinpoint which animals are at risk of becoming urban pests&#8212;and which households might be to blame.
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Â· Zoo birds culled after complaints about noise Â· Horrified locals side with animal rights activists
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Homing pigeons may use a magnetic "map" inside their beaks to navigate, according to new research.
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Scientists flock to songbird research, hoping finches and canaries will provide insight into the mysteries of human speech, memory and neuron production. Randy Dotinga reports from the Society for Neuroscience convention in San Diego.
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Dog-walking could be having a dramatic impact on local bird life, a study suggests.
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From Hawaii to the Philadelphia suburbs, community sings, or singalongs, draw together the average-voiced and bring old songs into common memory.
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By Amy S. Rosenberg, The Philadelphia Inquirer  Dec. 13--VENTNOR, N.J. -- Only in winter do seagulls approach gracefulness. But one recent morning, graceful was what they were, no trace of the slovenly bullies who hover in summer looking to snatch the sandwich out of your hands.
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WARROAD, Minn. - It might have seemed like the birds were fighting back against a Duluth hunter on a recent trip to far northern Minnesota...
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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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RICHMOND, Va. - A flying mammal with freakishly large ears is looking for its place in the sun.
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TORONTO Dan Frankian peered over a city fence and saw his target. There, plump and oblivious, were the intruders. The freeloaders had simply moved in from the country, gorged themselves on the abundance of the city and left a nasty trail wherever they went. They were Canada geese.
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New urban architecture applies its art to self-defense, in the face of fears of attack.
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AN AMAZING wildlife spectacle is taking place in the heart of a northern city, wildlife experts announced yesterday.   A family of peregrines has made its home high above Manchester's streets, according to the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.
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Trees bring both comfort and measurable benefits to urban environments. The problem is that roots don't flourish under pavement. Now scientists think they have a solution.