There are few sights more wrenching to a wildlife rehabilitator than a convulsing, lead-poisoned bird. Waterbirds eat lead shot...

In January 1971, two oil tankers collided under the Golden Gate Bridge, spilling more than 800,000 gallons of crude...

Birding can be a double-edged sword, getting out birding, seeing, hearing and ‘doing’ birding is as we all know...

New Zealand has one of the direst records of extinction is modern times, second on really to Hawaii in terms of...

In responding to Suzie’s post defending wildlife rehabilitation I began to think again about the areas in which animal rights and...

Although extinction is a natural phenomenon, experts have determined that the current rate of bird extinction is somewhere between...

Some people consider Cliff Swallows (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) pests! I know it sounds strange, especially when the folks at Mission...

Skimming through the myriad of posts in my blog reader yesterday I came across a post from the ever-watchful...