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• New wind power guidelines are for the birds

  March 23, 2012 1:40 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration is offering advice on the best places to put wind farms to reduce the number of birds that die by flying into turbines. A bird advocacy group that lobbied for mandatory standards says the new guidelines will do little to protect hundreds of thousands... more »

• Weather radar clutter is boon for biologists

  February 18, 2011 12:00 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) For years images of bats and birds that show up on weather radars have been an annoyance at best. But now, biologists say this information can give them a treasure trove of data about the animals they study. Researchers told the annual meeting of the American Association... more »

• Energy company files plea over death of birds

  August 17, 2010 11:07 PM

  A spokesman for EnCana Oil & Gas (USA) says the energy company has filed a plea agreement with the federal government in allegations that it is responsible for the deaths of migratory birds in Wyoming and Colorado. EnCana spokesman Doug Hock said Tuesday the company agreed to a plan that... more »

• 87-year-old woman masters new technology

  August 5, 2010 4:16 PM

  Mary Majka is well known in New Brunswick, Canada as an environmentalist and bird watcher. She lives in Mary's Point, a preserve where birds gather to migrate to South America for the winter. Mary's been watching them for years and now she's using an iPad to share her passion with... more »

• Pipeline leak pollutes major Michigan river

  July 28, 2010 8:56 AM

  Crews were working Tuesday to contain and clean up more than 800,000 gallons of oil that poured into a creek and flowed into the Kalamazoo River in southern Michigan, coating birds and fish. Authorities in Battle Creek and Emmett Township warned residents about the strong odor from the oil,... more »

• Babies of the oil spill face an uncertain future

  July 12, 2010 10:26 AM

  The smallest victims may be the biggest challenge for crews rescuing birds fouled with oil from the Gulf of Mexico spill. Some have gotten separated from their parents, or lost them when they died in a slick. Lucky orphans are taken to a cleaning center at Fort Jackson, La.,... more »

• Tiny terrors: Coping with an infuriating pet

  April 18, 2010 11:47 AM

  Angie Best-Boss has tried changing litter boxes, types of litter, brands of litter. But something has gone terribly wrong with Tiger. "I loathe my cat," said the freelance writer in New Palestine, Ind. "Actually, loathe might be too weak of a word. I hate it. The stupid, stupid cat... more »

• Birds of prey training offered this weekend

  April 16, 2010 5:19 PM

  Cheyenne Mountain State Park is offering free training session is on how to use behavioral clues to identify birds of prey. The training will focus on birds that live in our area, including hawks, eagles, and turkey vultures. The subject Sunday at 1:30 is accipters, or forest hawks. ... more »

• Exotic birds seized from condemned Pueblo home

  January 21, 2010 9:21 AM

  Dozens of exotic birds are being nursed to health after animal control officers found them in a condemned Pueblo home without heat. Authorities went to the house Tuesday after neighbors said they thought about five birds were in the condemned home belonging to an elderly man. Inside the house with... more »

• Birds cleared in swine flu pandemic

  January 20, 2010 5:32 PM

  Chickens injected with the 1918 and 2009 H1N1 swine flu virus strains showed no flu symptoms, nor did they have any tissue damage. The 1918 virus was also tried on ducks, which also stayed healthy. The study's authors was trying to determine if birds played any role in the... more »

• Several zoo animals seek shelter from frigid cold

  December 9, 2009 4:42 PM

  We're not the only ones looking for relief from this cold artic weather, animals at the zoo were also trying to stay warm. The Pueblo Zoo was closed Tuesday and Wednesday because of the frigid cold. The zoo's tropical animals and animals native to Africa were all brought inside so... more »

• Over 17,000 species threatened by extinction

  November 3, 2009 11:32 AM

  A rare Panamanian tree frog, a rodent from Madagascar and two lizards found only in the Philippines are among over 17,000 species threatened with extinction, a leading environmental group said Tuesday. The Rabb's fringe-limbed tree frog, only discovered four years ago, is one of 1,895 amphibian species that could... more »

• Leaking oil rig catches fire off Australia's coast

  November 2, 2009 12:03 PM

  A massive fire erupted on an oil rig that has been leaking into the Timor Sea and Australia's government on Monday promised an investigation, the latest drama in a 10-week saga to plug the hole. Rig operator PTTEP Australasia said no one was injured and nonessential workers were evacuated... more »

• Colorado raptor rehab center property up for sale

  October 12, 2009 8:40 AM

  A raptor rehabilitation center in Fort Collins is putting its property up for sale -- two weeks after asking the public for donations to help with a rising demand to help injured birds. But officials at the Rocky Mountain Raptor Program say the timing of the sale has nothing to... more »

• Botulism blamed for dead birds at Great Salt Lake

  September 17, 2009 3:57 PM

  Tens of thousands of dead birds are showing up along the shore of the Great Salt Lake. The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources estimates 20,000 to 50,000 birds have died so far this year from avian botulism, a toxin that periodically plagues birds at the lake. Biologists say the outbreak... more »