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For this installment of "From the Archives," we answer a reader question about the monk parakeets and grackles in Austin.

Hall of Famers Larry Bird and Magic Johnson (Image via: Getty Images) Hall of Famer Larry Bird entered the NBA in 1979 after he was drafted in 1978 by the Boston Celtics. Bird’s focus was clear from ...

Last month we featured footage of an enormous, dinosaur-like shoebill that had landed on a tour boat in Uganda and was photographed in a way that made the striking bird appear even larger. “We were ...

Thick snow swirled around the stands this weekend at Beaver Creek, as spectators erupted in cheers and raised flags from around the globe — Czech, Swiss, and American. Some lifted champagne glasses in ...

Pond frogs chow down on 'murder hornets' like it ain't no thing By Michael Franco December 05, 2025 Despite its size, the black-spotted pond frog has no trouble making a meal of a murder hornet ...

Last month we featured footage of an enormous, dinosaur-like shoebill that had landed on a tour boat in Uganda. The ominous-looking bird, with its bulbous, razor-sharp bill, stood perhaps 4 feet tall ...

Bird Game 3 is all over TikTok, but if you're sitting here wondering why you've never heard of the first or second game, there's a reason for that. Bird Game 3 isn't real, but you wouldn't know that ...

European starlings were the best at imitating R2-D2's multphonic sounds because they can control both sides of both sides of the syrinx independently, the researchers say. Pexels Birds have shown the ...

If you’ve seen the viral video of the large shoebill bird landing on a boat in Africa’s Mabamba Swamp, you might be asking yourself if such a prehistoric-looking, seemingly giant bird could be real.

During a boat tour in Uganda, this huge, dinosaur-like bird landed on a tourist boat. The shoebill made an impressive sight. Appeals court declines to reinstate order finding ‘probable cause exists’ ...

WELLFLEET — James Junda reaches into a net set up in the middle of the woods and untangles a bird, an American redstart. The bird chirps loudly in an apparent cry for help. Junda threads his fingers ...