In March of 1975, an extremely rare Ross's Gull was confirmed for the first time in the Lower 48. The sighting and the frenzy ...

The sea spans from Olympia, Washington in the south, to Campbell River in the north and includes Puget Sound, the Strait of ...

Timmons previously was the Page One layout and news editor at the St. Paul Pioneer Press before joining the Minnesota Star Tribune in 2005. He's a University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire (Wis ...

Permafrost underlies the surface of one-quarter of the globe’s land and more than half of Alaska. That frozen ground would seem to stall microbes — especially in winter — but scientists have ...

The Iditarod is typically called a 1,000-mile race as mushers and their dogs battle the most challenging elements an Alaska winter can throw at them. However, that mileage has always been approximate.

At our cabin in Pebble Creek Valley north of Silverthorne, located at 9,450 feet in elevation, we have several platform feeders for winter birds ... described it in Alaska in 1741.

Winter can be a perilous season for small birds like tits, especially with freezing temperatures, food shortages, and the ever-present threat of predators. These tiny creatures, however, play a vital ...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Egg producers blame the bird flu outbreak for driving prices to record highs, but critics believe giant companies are taking advantage of their market dominance to profit handsomely ...

Other countries have seen mass crane die-offs caused by bird flu, from Israel to Japan to Hungary, where an at least 10,000 and possibly 20,000 Eurasian cranes died in winter 2023.

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But for many of our feathered friends, winter in Michigan is just another season. Get to know a few of our small and resourceful winter birds and the clever survival tactics they use to stay warm and ...

THURSDAY, Feb. 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- With egg prices soaring due to a severe bird flu outbreak, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced a $1 billion plan to contain the disease and ...