Worcester County Wonders: Shrewsbury local rescues raptors one feather at a time
SHREWSBURY ― She's one of roughly 10 wildlife rescuers and rehabilitators specializing in raptors in Massachusetts, and when ...
Leawood Puzzle Palooza, where teams battle to determine the fastest jigsaw puzzle builders
Sandy Dusel works on a 500-piece puzzle with her team, Barely Holding It Together, during the Puzzle Palooza competition at ...
Why this surprising winter garden plant ‘merits a gardener’s lust’
I made this oak’s acquaintance courtesy of “Plants for the Winter Garden” (Timber Press, 2024), by Warren Leach. The author ...
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Backyard birds learn from their new neighbors when moving house
Scientists have found a trigger for social learning in wild animals. An experiment on great tits has pinpointed a single factor --immigration -- that can cause birds to pay close attention to others, ...
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Birds were dying on Binghamton University's campus until this change
Binghamton University is implementing bird-safe windows on campus to lessen the risk of bird injuries and deaths from glass ...
These Genius Family Christmas Gifts Will Please the Whole Crew
Looking for a gift for the whole family? Here are the top family Christmas gift ideas—including home finds, family games, ...
Researchers Build ‘Zombie Duck Drones’ and Robot Pheasants Out of Taxidermied Birds
New Mexico Tech’s Mostafa Hassanlian’s “zombie duck drones” were developed for research, but they could be the next new thing ...
New Pentagon report on UFOs includes incidents but no evidence of aliens
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon’s latest report on UFOs has revealed hundreds of new reports of unidentified and unexplained aerial ...
Immigrating great tits learn from their new neighbors
In an experiment with great tits ( Parus major ), a team of scientists found that when the birds move to a new environment, ...
Hundreds of 19th-century skulls collected in the name of medical science tell a story of who mattered and who didn’t
Morton was a physician and naturalist who lived in Philadelphia from 1799 until the end of his life in 1851. A lecture he delivered to aspiring doctors at the Philadelphia Association for Medical ...