May 2, 2016 Eagle-eyed fans glued to live webcam to watch osprey eggs hatch A pair of osprey waiting for three eggs to hatch is now a main attraction after a local man set up a live osprey webcam to welcome the new arrivals.
May 2, 2016 Chicken embryos with dinosaur snouts created in lab Chicks with dino-snouts? With a little molecular tinkering, for the first time scientists have created chicken embryos with broad, Velociraptor-like muzzles in the place of their beaks
May 2, 2016 'America's great migration:' Thousands of cranes meet along Nebraska river Right now, visitors from around the world are flocking to the banks of the Platte River near Kearney, Neb. to see what Bill Taddicken, director of the Audubon Center at Rowe Sanctuary, calls “one of the last great migrations remaining” on Earth. From March through early April, about 600,000 sandhill cranes — nearly 90 percent of the world’s total sandhill population – will make a stop at the Nebraskan river, something of a pit stop on the “Central Flyway,” their path to breeding grounds in Canada, Alaska, and as far away as Siberia.
May 2, 2016 Secret hideout helped penguins survive the Ice Age Earth's last ice age was so cold that even Antarctica's emperor penguins had trouble with the chill, a new study finds
May 2, 2016 Bald eagle protects eggs, braves snowstorm One bald eagle might be in the running for "parent of the year." Despite the cold temperatures, one bald eagle has been captured by a live camera feed from the Pennsylvania Game Commission buried up to its head in snow as it sits over its eggs. In some images from the feed, the patriotic bird's beak can be seen poking out from the pile of snow.
May 2, 2016 Penguins rapidly conquered New Zealand after humans ate rivals Bones left behind by a penguin that was eaten to extinction reveal that a remarkably fast turnover in species occurred after Polynesian seafarers wiped out New Zealand's weird wildlife, a new study reports
May 2, 2016 Photographer captures weasel hitching ride on woodpecker's back While it might not have caused the same kind of a commotion as a certain dress, one image showing an unlikely animal pair certainly went viral Tuesday. A photograph taken by an amateur Essex, U.K.-based photographer that shows a weasel riding on the back of a woodpecker in flight made the Internet rounds, inspiring countless tweets and memes.
May 2, 2016 Hummingbirds use hawks for home security Tiny hummingbird nests, with their coffee-bean-size eggs, are a tempting treat for predators.
May 2, 2016 Bald eagle lays egg, becomes Internet sensation A livecam placed above a nest in Decorah, Iowa, has turned a family of bald eagles into Internet celebrities.
May 2, 2016 Who's who? Centuries-old owl mix-up fixed Once mistaken for another species of owl, the golden-eyed "desert tawny owl" is now finally getting its due.
