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It was trapped in a line in a North Mississippi River, but officers from the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks responded and saved it from what likely would have been a slow death. "The pelican was located at the Coldwater River right at the Tate County line," said officer Zane Stricklin. "There was a concerned citizen (who called). What I got was the bird was tangled in some line right off the road." Stricklin and fellow officer Marcus Christon responded. "It turned out ...

Male superb lyrebirds found to trick females into mating via masterful mimicry by Romina Castagnino on 5 March 2021 Male superb lyrebirds can mimic the sounds of an entire multispecies flock during courtship and mating. The study suggests that males use the flock mimicry to deceive females into believing there is a predator nearby and thus preventing them from breaking off courtship or leaving before copulation, thereby increasing their chances of successfully mating. Researchers say the elabo...

Subaru of America, INC. Sponsors the Philadelphia Flower Show for the 20th Consecutive Year Automaker Continues Longstanding Partnership with Pennsylvania Horticultural Society to Bring the Philadelphia Flower Show Outdoors in 2021 Published 03-05-21 Subaru of America, Inc. Sponsors the Philadelphia Flower Show for the 20th Consecutive Year Camden, NJ, March 5, 2021 /CSRwire/– Subaru of America, Inc. today announced that in keeping with its decades-long partnership with the Pennsylvania Ho...

The new project will focus on urban areas in the Central Flyway, primarily in the Great Plains. Researchers aim to provide more information on the impact of artificial light on bird behaviors and populations at a large scale.

Florida International University Search Elizabeth Anderson relies on teamwork to keep rivers free-flowing March 3, 2021 at 11:23am From above, the Amazon River resembles a thick thread sewn into the land. Other rivers and tributaries join with it, forming a great moving tapestry of water that sustains and supports life across South America. Like threads, these rivers form connections between people and places. At the same time, they tell stories and carry memories, histories, sacred beliefs, cu...

Portsmouth Herald KENNEBUNKPORT - Among the most amazing creatures in the world, more than 40 species of birds-of-paradise live in New Guinea’s Indo-Pacific rainforest, one of the largest intact tropical forested areas on Earth.  The stars of the show in National Geographic and PBS Nature TV documentaries, the birds-of-paradise have become icons of New Guinea’s rainforests. Their extraordinary beauty is unlike that of any other bird on Earth, but it’s their wide range of bizarre breedin...

The message about the bird-conservation benefits of shade-grown coffee may not be getting through to the people most likely to respond--birdwatchers. A team of researchers from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and Virginia Tech surveyed birdwatchers to learn if they drank shade-grown coffee and, if not, why not.

Cornell Lab: Shade-Grown Coffee Could Help Save Birds Cornell Lab of Ornithology News: ITHACA, NY —The message about the bird-conservation benefits of shade-grown coffee may not be getting through to the people most likely to respond—birdwatchers. A team of researchers from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and Virginia Tech surveyed birdwatchers to learn if they drank shade-grown coffee and, if not, why not. Their findings were published today in the journal  “One of the most significant ...

Conservationists aim to turn birders on to shade-grown coffee By (0) A blackburnian warbler is pictured perching on the branch of a shade-grown coffee bush in Colombia. Photo by Guillermo Santos/Virginia Tech March 2 (UPI) -- More people are birding than ever before, and conservationists want to take advantage of that widespread enthusiasm by turning birders on to bird-friendly coffee. According to a new paper published in the journal People and Nature, most birders dont know what bird-friend...

In theory, such a bird would also be able to both lay and fertilize eggs.