3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (250+ words) Two white-tailed eagle chicks have successfully fledged after rangers closed a nearby car park and path to avoid disturbing them during the breeding season. A pair of white-tailed eagles settled at the nest near Loch Sunart in the Highlands earlier…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (496+ words) Conservationists are celebrating the birth of a "bounty of barn owl chicks" in Northern Ireland. Two barn owl pairs were discovered to have bred successfully on farm visits in Co Fermanagh this summer by Ulster Wildlife, each raising five chicks....

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (170+ words) The red-tailed hawk was pictured at a falcon festival at Hampton Court Gardens, Herefordshire. This bird, native to North and Central America, is exceptionally rare in the UK. All confirmed UK sightings are of escaped or released captive birds, often…...

3+ week, 17+ hour ago   (646+ words) Analysis of barn owl pellets reserve has revealed a rich variety of small mammals on at a North East nature reserve while helping researchers monitor the spread of the invasive greater white-toothed shrew. The study, conducted at RSPB Saltholme on…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (407+ words) A tiny patch of rainforest in northeastern Brazil yielded a major surprise. Scientists identified a previously overlooked antthrush species that had been hiding in plain sight in the Baturité Mountains. The discovery adds another unique animal to the Atlantic Forest's…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (356+ words) Penguin parents Blue and Flower welcomed a second Gentoo penguin chick, contributing to what the Tennessee Aquarium is calling a summertime penguin baby boom. The chick hatched July 17, a few weeks after the birth of another penguin, the aquarium said,…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (742+ words) For the first time ever, sandhill cranes will be fair game for hunters in certain parts of Quebec and northern Ontario. In Quebec, hunting season will be open for 14 days, from Sept. 12 to Sept. 25 and is restricted to farmland in…...