Birds

Kuchar shoots 64 to lead Riviera; Tiger wastes strong start

LOS ANGELES — Tiger Woods began with an unknowing tribute to Kobe Bryant by making an eagle putt that optical cameras measured at 24 feet, 8 inches. H...
1:51 14 February 2022

Researchers tie massive Pacific seabird die-off to heat wave

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Common murres look like skinny penguins but fly like F-15 fighter jets.
19:06 15 January 2022

Apes, monkeys among 30 animals killed in German zoo fire

BERLIN — A fire raced through a zoo in western Germany in the first few minutes of the new year, killing more than 30 animals, including apes, monkeys...
16:58 1 January 2022

Audubon’s annual Christmas Bird Count stronger than ever

Ít's been 120 years since New York ornithologist Frank Chapman launched his Christmas Bird Count as a bold new alternative to what had been a longtim...
16:02 16 December 2021

NJ will trap turkeys troubling Jersey Shore neighborhood

TOMS RIVER, N.J. — New Jersey has drumsticked up a plan to deal with flocks of wild turkeys that are ruffling some feathers in a Jersey Shore neighbor...
23:57 13 November 2021

Pacific bird refuge struggles as ocean garbage patch grows

MIDWAY ATOLL, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands — Flying into the uninhabited Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Midway Atoll appears out of the vast blue Pac...
20:26 7 November 2021