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The bar-tailed godwit broke the previous world record.  (Biosphoto via AFP: André Simon, file photo) For migratory birds that spend days flying across continents and oceans, a wrong turn can be fatal — but an unexpected turn has earned one young bird a place in history. Key points: The five-month-old bird finished a non-stop, 11-day flight from Alaska to Tasmania Tiny

Ruby-throated hummingbirds are starting their fall migration, and a new map shows when they typically move south across North America. Those tiny flashes of green buzzing around backyard feeders will not be around much longer. Fall migration is about to begin for birds across North America, including one of the most beloved backyard visitors: the ruby-throated hummingbird. Ruby-throated hummin

Reuters Livestock herders in the Horn of Africa and North Africa have switched to camels over the years because of their famed resilience Camels are famously known as the ships of the desert, but even these hardy animals are not being spared from the extremes of rising temperatures in Africa. The Afar region of north-eastern Ethiopia is one of the hottest and dries

Carnivorous Squirrels Documented in California A California ground squirrel in Contra Costa County runs with a vole it hunted in its mouth. A study from UC Davis and University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire is the first to document widespread carnivorous feeding of voles by squirrels. (Sonja Wild, UC Davis) ground squirrel with cheeks stuffed with nuts, seeds or grains, is a common sight. But a ne

Around 180 acres of the San Joaquin River Conservancy are at risk because of the vegetation, including invasive species. That's why the Sierra Resource Conservation District is partnering with the City of Fresno to launch the first phase of a habitat restoration effort. A grazing project partially aimed at eliminating harmful plants is now underway at the San Joaquin Conservancy's Jensen River R

A California tribe is suing the federal government to stop the removal of more than 600 wild horses from its homelands. Wild horses in Montgomery Pass. Credit: (photo/Indigenous Wild Horse Society Facebook) The Utu Utu Gwaitu Paiute Tribe of the Benton Paiute Reservation filed a federal lawsuit today in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, demanding that the court halt a

Construction on the $20 million bridge in Siskiyou County began last year and is expected to be complete by this fall, with miles of eight-foot-high fencing along the highway to help funnel animals toward it Crews are wrapping up work on a new wildlife crossing in Northern California. UC Davis Road Ecology Center California’s first wildlife bridge isn’t finished yet, but that hasn’t s

A wildlife refuge an hour northwest of Kansas City counted a record number of bald eagles one day before New Year’s Eve, breaking a number set four years ago. The Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge, 25542 US Highway 159 in Forest City, said it observed 1,012 bald eagles on the refuge during a survey taken Dec. 30, 2025. The refuge said in a Facebook post that the previous record was 833 ba

In Argentina, the return of pumas brought top predators back to the landscape — much to penguins’ dismay. The appetite that pumas have developed for penguins is “an extraordinary example of how flexible large carnivores can be,” one scientist said.Credit...Gonzalo Ignazi Penguins throughout the southern seas have to worry about being picked off by seals or hunte

Dressed in royal plumage this iridescent male pheasant sports colours of the rainbow. The species lives in several protected areas of the Himalayas in India and among its neighbours Like some people, some bird species are born with a silver spoon in their mouth. The Himalayan monal (Lophophorus impejanus) is one of them. It has a royal pedigree as it belongs to the family of Phasianidae — per