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Photos: Imperial Woodpecker sno-ball stand opens in City Park
3+ hour, 22+ min ago (76+ words) NOLA.com Visitors to City Park can expect a new sight where they can pick up a cold, sweet treat during this summer heat. Imperial Woodpecker Sno-balls opened a new location at City Park near the City Putt mini-golf course…...
Editorial: Officials should approach changes to preservation law with caution
3+ week, 22+ hour ago (400+ words) One reason Louisiana could never be mistaken for Anyplace USA is our physical surroundings, not just the natural beauty but an array of architecture so diverse and distinct that — as Hollywood location scouts know well — it could conjure pretty much…...
Sponsored: Discover the Work Behind Audubon’s Conservation Efforts | On A Mission For Nature
4+ week, 2+ hour ago (89+ words) NOLA.com Ever wonder what it takes to help save one of North America's rarest birds from extinction? ð¦ð Go behind the scenes with Audubon to see the unique efforts to protect endangered whooping cranes and prepare them for…...
Infamous crow has attacked 10 or more near this Uptown corner
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (46+ words) NOLA.com I was attacked by an infamous Uptown crow earlier this year, and the moment went viral with more than 1,000 people online asking questions I couldn’t answer. Here's what I learned....
Gulf shark populations rebound off AL, FL beaches | Gulf Coast
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (805+ words) Medical personnel carry a shark attack victim from the beach in Walton County, Florida, on Friday, June 7, 2024. The growing crowds on Gulf Coast beaches are beginning to confront an uneasy truth: They are now sharing the water with more sharks…...
Infamous crow has attacked 10 or more near this Uptown corner: ‘Don’t mess with a single mama’
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (133+ words) NOLA.com A carrion crow. Legend has it that Bayou Carencro and the City of Carencro are named for the bird. I was attacked by an infamous Uptown crow earlier this year, and the moment went viral with more than…...
The Smithsonian is displaying brown pelican eggs from Louisiana. Here's the details.
2+ mon, 17+ hour ago (410+ words) The interactive multimedia experience “Connected by Nature,” a series of dynamic, projected map animations, encourages visitors to explore how the United States is interconnected across geographic boundaries through shared natural features. The experience is displayed at the Smithsonian's National Museum…...
Did Carencro's name originate from a legend about an extinct animal's carcass? Here's the story.
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (735+ words) In 1802, Spanish commandant Martin Duralde shared the story of a dead elephant carcass swarmed by vultures in southwest Louisiana with Indian agent John Sibley, who passed it on to the American Philosophical Society. The society published the story in 1809 and…...
New Orleans' Thomas Dollbaum roams Florida backroads and fields on 'Birds of Paradise"
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (750+ words) The natural world figures in a lot across Thomas Dollbaum’s “Birds of Paradise.” The New Orleans-based singer-songwriter grew up about 20 minutes north of Tampa, Florida, in a place where the rural starts to overtake the suburban. And as he was…...
Sponsored: Releasing Rare Turtles | On a Mission for Nature Episode 1
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (144+ words) NOLA.com is teaming up with the Audubon Nature Institute to go "On a Mission for Nature." In our debut episode, Damon Singleton heads to the Pearl River—the only place on Earth where the threatened Ringed Map turtle resides....