5+ hour, 47+ min ago   (806+ words) OGUNQUIT, Maine — Giant metal roosters are popping up on lawns in and around a community in southern Maine and as far away as New Zealand in support of a 6-year-old autistic girl and her love of the colorful creations. David and…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (286+ words) TOKYO — Eight crested ibises were released into the wild in a north-central Japanese town, decades after the birds went extinct in the country. The endangered birds took off from each of their wooden cages at a ceremony Sunday in Hakui…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (324+ words) COLUMBUS, Ohio — An Ohio zoo welcomed a newborn male Masai giraffe earlier this month, adding to the population of an endangered species. According to a news release from the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, the male calf was born at 6:16 p.m....

5+ mon, 16+ hour ago   (124+ words) BALTIMORE — A pair of otters slid into their week with an early morning romp in the snow at Baltimore's National Aquarium. Security cameras captured the fun around 7 a.m. at the aquarium, which described the otters as “rolling, sliding and romping…...

5+ mon, 5+ day ago   (187+ words) A common European seabird had an uncommon reaction outside of a hospital’s emergency room door, and with good reason -- it had a triple fishhook stuck in its beak. A cormorant was pecking at the glass door of the Klinikum Links…...