Before the mass-breeding programs of the early 20th century, turkeys took roughly 28 weeks to get to their full size, growing at an estimated rate of about 0.75 to 1 pound per week, according to one ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Golden autumn sunlight glints through the sedges and shrubs of the tundra in northern Alaska. Winter is approaching, and soon the ...

The birder in your life likely covets “The Breeding Birds of Minnesota: History, Ecology and Conservation,” from the University of Minnesota Press. The two-pound doorstopper has 1,145 color images of ...

The total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, coincides with an exciting time for wild birds. Local birds are singing for mates and fighting for territories as they gear up for their once-a-year chance to ...

Create an account or log in to save stories. EMILY BRIGHT: That's what I heard first thing Sunday morning heading into the radio station before dawn, a cacophony of birds in my neighborhood. There are ...

Not far from Disney World, on a stretch of sprawling grasslands called the Florida Prairie, researchers are gradually rebuilding the population of a tiny, skittish sparrow that’s the most endangered ...

BRISTOL — On a warm breezy May afternoon, Cass Witkowski, lifted an 8-day-old homing pigeon from its nest in Shamrock Loft — the name he has given his backyard coop behind his Bristol home — and ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Hawaiʻi is home to the most diverse and unique ecosystem on the planet. As we scurry through the streets for meetings, work, appointments, school or shopping, the birds of our ...