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Many parrots can live upward of 60 years, and the lifespan of turtles can be even longer. But what happens when their owners die?
PINE RIVER — Happy Dancing Turtle is looking for landowners interested in planting hybrid hazelnuts. They will be seeking funding to help cover some of the cost of establishing the plantings ...
A long-distance flyer, the Turtle-dove migrates between its European breeding grounds and Africa’s vast Sahel belt. Flying mostly at night, the bird can cover up to 700km without stopping.
My next thought was to Bob West, Purina's bird dog expert who I often call upon when my own bird dogs leave me perplexed. "Do you have any idea why pointers have a propensity to lock up on turtles?" ...
Every year turtles race to see who can travel furthest during migration in an event put on by the Sea Turtle Conservancy. A rare hybrid hawksbill-green sea turtle will participate for the first time.
Presumed chat x oriole hybrid. Choriole? Photo: Reproduced by permission from Grube, M. 2020 (Western Birds 51:167–171) Last fall, the birdwatching community was shocked by the appearance of a ...
Known as a symbol of love, peace and happiness, the turtle dove, sometimes knowns as a love bird, is flirting with extinction. A German environmental protection group has named it the 2020 bird of ...
Scientists can begin to imagine what a dinosaur's genome would look like under a microscope thanks to turtles and birds.
A gene for red colour vision that originated in the reptile lineage around 250 million years ago has resulted in the bright red bird feathers and 'painted' turtles we see today, and may be ...
The scientific community is abuzz after a suspected hybrid turtle was rescued off Queensland’s coast. A TURTLE RESCUED from a Queensland port earlier this month with both hawksbill and green turtle ...
Dutch biologist Paula den Hartog has shown that bastard doves can fend for themselves. Despite having a strange coo, hybrid offspring are still able to defend their territory. How species are formed ...