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...more than 25,000 species; taxonomists are not sure just how many there are. But there are way more orchids than all the birds and mammals in the whole world, and more orchids than any other kind of flowering plant except perhaps the aster and...
...spectacular sandhill crane figures" will be sold by The Birds of a Feather - comprised of Connections students and good...weather as unpredictable as it has been this spring, The Birds of a Feather will situate two 30-inch-by-8-foot...
...learn how scientists study them. Gwen Baluss, a wildlife technician with the U.S. Forest Service, said "most of the birds that (will be) captured at the garden are long distance migrants." For instance, the yellow warbler has a normal...
...spruce trees on shore. The perpetrator of the panic was a male harrier that coursed low over the flock, briefly followed the birds around the point, and then turned to follow the beach, perhaps looking for something of a more convenient size. Could...
...whiter than the snow. Aha! The perpetrator of the tracks. The bird didn't move, and I didn't move. Have you even tried...to do it, and eventually, after many, many minutes, the bird resumed feeding on willow buds. Presently, another ptarmigan...
...rain falling from the skies and the temperatures are falling. Other people may recognize changes looming in the trees, the birds' behavioral patterns or the different footprints in the snow. For me, the arrival of spring is marked by a sharp transition...
...upon by this cruel cruel world. (I was young. Shut up.) So why shouldn't I tattoo an angry Charlie Brown flipping the bird on my ankle?Because, Clint, it's stupid. You just don't make body modification decisions when drunk and ornery...
...wing feathers, each time bringing a stick. All the sticks were about the same size, maybe a foot long or so. After the bird had made several trips, I finally spotted where the sticks were going: high in a hemlock, in a snug spot next to the...
...nesting grounds near the Mendenhall Glacier. And each year, Baluss keeps track of the glacier's colony and studies the birds that winter in Antarctica. According to a release on the lecture, Arctic terns migrate great distances from Antarctica...
...be caused by starvation.Troopers initially suspected the birds may have been shot, but Frenzel says the report does...Alaska Science Center.Ely said in a phone interview that the birds begin migrating south in September or early October...