Commonly found in the coastal region of South Carolina Lowcountry, anhingas can be a common sight to see near any neighboring pond or lagoon. Does the name ‘anhinga’ not quite ring a bell? This bird ...
Birds that dive and forage for fish in the Salish Sea, including this western grebe, are 11 times more likely to experience population declines than other birds in the area. Diving birds were 11 times ...
Have you ever caught a glimpse of a waterbird attempting to swallow a huge fish whole? If so, you might have wondered how in the world it would be able to swallow or even digest a fish that large, ...
Images of a strange ‘bird fish’ have gone viral, prompting questions about what the bizarre creature is. Citing the Guizhou Urban Daily newspaper, Metro reports that the fish was reeled in by anglers ...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Wildlife experts are trying to solve a mystery that evoked images of the apocalypse: Why did more than 3,000 red-winged blackbirds tumble from the Arkansas sky shortly before ...
Read Ed Yong's Wired Magazine piece "How the Science of Swarms Can Help Us Fight Cancer and Predict the Future." This is TALK OF THE NATION. I'm Neal Conan. We've all seen a flock of birds shift ...
In one of the most bizarre wildfire causes of the summer, firefighters in western Canada say a fish-dragging osprey may be to blame for a brush fire near Ashcroft, British Columbia, after the bird ...
The love between a bird and a fish is a poetic representation of the union of two vastly different worlds—one of the sky and the other of the sea. This metaphor speaks to the challenges of ...
When visitors started asking that question about the town’s landmark Pelican Lake next to Town Hall, several residents went into action. “We had ducks and all kinds of wading birds. We want to bring ...
There was something fishy going on when more than 2,000 people lost power in Sayreville, N.J., earlier this month — literally. While investigating the outage, crew members from Jersey Central Power & ...