Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Ravens are plotters and alliance-buildings among birds, able to outwit traps and plan

American woodcocks were so craved by hunters that the cocker spaniel was bred to find the kills

Sharp-shinned hawks, stalkers of the bird world, use all their tricks to gobble smaller prey whole

Eastern coyote maybe watching from the weeds succeeded through mixing with wolves and dogs

These visiting warblers will get a name change; dropping ‘Townsend’ can’t happen soon enough

Tiny black-capped chickadees are bird brains savvy enough that other species heed their calls

Brown creepers are great friends to their trees, ridding them of pests while making their nests

Our dogs are descended from Eurasian wolves, awesome powers packaged behind a cold nose

Pigeons navigate home through freezing cold, and the one called GI Joe saved soldiers’ lives

Merlins are fierce and fast hunters of other birds, and accustomed to resting on the arms of royalty