That's the way one scientist puts it — referring to how infected wild birds survive long enough to spread it to birds and ...

Dead from bird flu. And it wasn't just elephant seals. There were terns – with their yellow beaks and black heads – stumbling about having seizures on the sand. The scene played out again and ...

Black Oystercatcher: As their name suggests, it is a big black bird with a red beak. It also has yellow eyes and pink legs. Red-billed Chough: This black bird features not only a curved and slim red ...

There were terns – with their yellow beaks and black heads – stumbling about having seizures on the sand. The scene played out again and again in the weeks that followed, up and down the coastline.

Our devastation of nature is so extreme that reversing even a small part of it requires painstaking, quixotic efforts.