Ever since his mom brought him home, Victor has been an incredibly outgoing cat, and not much fazes him. He follows his mom everywhere she goes and instantly loves every stranger he meets, but despite his confidence, he does have one big — and very strange — fear.  When he was just a kitten, Victor’s

Blackpoll Warbler. Photo: Owen Deutsch/Audubon Photography Awards NEW YORK — Today, the New York City Council approved Proposed Initiative 1482B, a new policy requiring that new buildings’ materials meet bird-friendly standards that greatly reduce collision risks to birds. Audubon’s Migratory Bird Initiative has issued the following response: “New York’s world famous skyline lies right in

AB.C. tour company has been fined $35,000 for attracting black bears with food so that customers on jeep and jet ski tours had a better chance of seeing wild animals, according to the B.C. Conservation Service. Blue River Safari pleaded guilty this week in provincial court to attracting dangerous wildlife after a 2017 investigation by

Maple is a very energetic dog and is constantly doing fun activities like swimming, snowboarding and running around. Since she spends so much time outside and on the go, her mom decided to get her some gear to help keep her safe and happy during her many adventures.  Jessica Dylan Mann “I wanted to buy

It is early morning in the heart of Provence, and somewhere behind the tall black pine trees a rousing dawn chorus begins. We are crouching out of sight among the rosemary bushes and wild asparagus listening to the melodic musical phrases of song thrushes and blackbirds. This is Marcel Pagnol country, rich in flora and

Northern Pintail. Photo: Donald Dvorak/Great Backyard Bird Count United States Christmas Bird Counts reported 661 species, 62 infraspecific forms, seven count week species, and 44 exotics.  New for the U.S. was a Great Black Hawk at Greater Portland, ME, and a Little Stint in San Diego, CA.  The black hawk was originally found during spring

By 11:00, Gopamma Nayaka knew something was wrong. Her husband, Hanumantha, should have returned from collecting firewood an hour before. Gopamma sent for her son, who gathered a search party and headed to Bandipur Tiger Reserve, a nearby national park in south-western India. Just a few metres inside the forest, the group discovered Hanumantha’s half-eaten

Howick, SOUTH AFRICA – The first of at least five new “vulture safe zones” in Southern Africa are about to take off as private landowners and other partners join the battle to save Africa’s imperilled carrion clean-up birds. Africa’s vulture populations have declined by an average of 62 percent over the last three decades– with

Pepper has always been an extremely playful cat, and will turn almost anything into a toy or a game if she can — which has made decorating the house for the holidays a little difficult.  “Pepper loves to jump high and onto anything she thinks she can get to,” Mikaela O’Neill, Pepper’s mom, told The

Scamper is a perfectly normal pup — but once you see a photo of him, you’ll beg to differ. The fluffy Shih Tzu mix appears to have a tiny head and a disproportionately large body. But it wasn’t some trick of photo editing or perspective that created such a perplexing image. It was a haircut.

WWF has collaborated with partners to successfully tag three wild jaguars with special collars, allowing scientists to better monitor and understand the behaviour of this iconic species. The mission, part-funded by WWF-UK and undertaken by WWF-Brazil, theInstituto Onça-PintadaandInstituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade, took place on a protected Amazonian island off the coast of

The neighborly spirit is clearly alive and well in the town of Dunedin, New Zealand. Just ask this friendly local horse named Sharq. Ben Telfer-Hynes The other day, Sharq slipped away from her owner’s place to take a stroll around the neighborhood. What sort of adventures she had along the way is anyone’s guess, but

In early November, a family in Lake Tahoe, California, was going about their day when suddenly they heard some strange, loud noises coming from the crawl space below their house. After listening closely and looking around outside, they determined there was a very, very large animal under there — most likely a bear.  It seemed

As the Mojave Desert in California and Nevada becomes hotter and drier, birds need more water to stay cool. Species that can’t get enough water are rapidly declining in this iconic desert ecosystem, ecologists reported recently in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Some birds may die solely from overheating, but a more

Golden-winged Warbler. Photo: Arni Stinnissen/Audubon Photography Awards WASHINGTON (December 5, 2019) – The U.S. House Natural Resources Committee voted today to advance the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act of 2019 (RAWA). Co-sponsored by a growing bipartisan list of Members of Congress, RAWA would provide a dedicated $1.3 billion for states, territories, and the District of Columbia,

Lady’s mom ended up at a shelter while she was pregnant, and was quickly pulled by a rescue before she had her puppies. Lady was adopted into her family when she was just 9 weeks old, and has been completely in love with them ever since.  “If Lady isn’t near you, then she is on

Tennessee Warbler and ledger kept by Field Museum ornithologist and collections manager emeritus David Willard. Photo: Kate Golembiewski/Field Museum Every year, David Willard, collections manager emeritus at the Field Museum, measures the lifeless bodies of birds that die from building collisions in Chicago. Since 1978, this has been his routine every spring and fall, when

“The great auk will always hold a place in my heart,” Dr Jessica Thomas says.The Swansea-based scientist spent years piecing together an ancient DNA puzzle that suggests hunting by humans caused this giant seabird’s demise. Dr Thomas studied bone and tissue samples from 41 museum specimens during a PhD at both Bangor and Copenhagen University.The

On a July day several years ago, I sat on the spine of a hill in the northern foothills of the Brooks Range on Alaska’s North Slope and watched 15,000 caribou stream around me, some just a few yards away. I could hear their clicking feet, their untroubled breathing, and their rough coughs so closely echoed

It’d be a shame if anything were to happen to all these tasty nuts. That was the unspoken threat one food vendor in England received from a clever (if pushy) local squirrel. Instagram/ivegotfruit In recent weeks, Have A Banana Trading Co.’s nut display case has been hit by a series of brazen squirrel-based thefts. But apparently,

By Lisa A. Bono, CPBC You’ve always wanted a parrot, and sometime during your life together you are confronted with something that you don’t quite understand or may be causing a problem. You want to get to the bottom of the behavior and work on it so it does not become a larger issue that