Jacques Nuzzo News Today

Millikin University Professor Travis Wilcoxen and Illinois Raptor Center program director Jacques Nuzzo are conducting a study on the health of wild birds.

Jane Seitz, executive director of the Illinois Raptor Center in Decatur, and Jacques Nuzzo visited The Hub to teach children in kindergarten through fifth grade about birds of prey and

The old saying “A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush” is literally true when it comes to bird banding.

Rock Springs Nature Center celebrated Earth Day with its Festival of Spring on Saturday, April 22.

DECATUR - Apollo, the Starved Rock eagle that was taken in by the Illinois Raptor Center is making leaps and bounds at his new home. In just two weeks, the

DECATUR - An eagle rescued from Starved Rock State Park is now in possession of the Illinois Raptor Center, and officials there say the bird is adapting very

The vast majority of hunters I've ever known were conscientious, nature loving, and rule-abiding. They know what they can hunt - where, when and how - and whether they're hunting for sport or food...

Illinois Raptor Center visited the Decatur Public Library on Monday with three of its program birds: Reaper, a barn owl; Solo, a red-tailed hawk; and Sam, a peregrine falcon.

Kill an eagle? >> yes. as far as lead toxicity goes, yeah. >> so heres the plasma sample. >> reporter: travis wilcoxen is chairman of the biology department at nearby millikin university, and hes on the raptor center board. he and nuzzo decided to start testing all the birds brought in. >> some of the birds that really started to catch our eyes were birds that do not scavenge. these were birds that actively hunt live prey, like coopers hawk and the eastern screech owl. >> we definitely see a lot...

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