In 1799, during his explorations along the Orinoco River, German naturalist Alexander von Humboldt “stayed with a local ...

Hope is the first therapy dog acquired by the K-9 Responder Foundation, a brand new non-profit dedicated to getting trained ...

By carefully controlling heat flow, researchers in Italy achieved a perfectly textured egg that retains more beneficial compounds. The only trade-off? A slightly tougher peel, but for egg enthusiasts, ...

While there is a nonzero chance, it is highly unlikely that a pigeon you encounter will be infected with the virus and even less likely that a human will contract bird flu from it.

The team used computer models of computational fluid dynamics, then tested out the painstaking—yet reportedly ...

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Do you know why blue-footed boobies have blue feet? Author Laura Erickson does, and you’ll find the answers to this and many ...

Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy purchased 407 acres in Haywood County to conserve land for wildlife, clean water ...

To get a swamp librarian, you must breed a villager in a swamp biome, so read on to find about villager breeding. To give a villager a profession, place one of the following blocks. As long as ...

begin their breeding season as early as February and green-fingered gardeners have been urged not to disturb them or cause damage to their nests during this time. 'When one thinks of pigeons, what ...

These are not covered by waxy strands, so they are hard to spot. In March and April they become active, and soon breeding colonies covered in a white, woolly coating will be noticeable. They spread by ...

The Long-tailed field mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) is very active, with large ears, a long tail and, unlike the house mouse, a white underside ... shrubs and around trees. They breed all summer and don ...