The Alton Eagle Ice Festival featured live eagles and ice sculptures, delighting visitors with a day of admiration and fun.

He keeps informational notes on nearly every item, including such gems as an authenticated document signed by Abraham Lincoln and hand-painted plates produced from engravings for John James Audubon’s ...

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The bald eagle, a symbol of the power and strength of the United States for more than 240 years, earned an overdue honor on Tuesday: It officially became the country's national bird. President Joe ...

One family in Virginia got quite the surprise on Wednesday, Dec. 18, when a barred owl flew into their home through the chimney and ended up perched on their Christmas tree.

Earlier this month, the Wildlife World Zoo in Litchfield Park, Arizona, reported that a cheetah, mountain lion, swamphen, Indian goose, and a kookaburra all died from exposure to H5N1, or bird flu. A ...

The killing games were coming to an end. At the turn of the 20th century fewer sportsmen were participating in bygone Christmas Day “side hunts,” competitions in which hunters would split into teams ...

More than 1,100 students received their degrees during the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's winter commencement. The ceremonies took place at Pinnacle Bank Arena, with graduate and professional ...

An animal-loving grandfather is being taken to court by his local council – for refusing to stop feeding the birds in his town. Brian Wilkins, 76, received a Community Protection Order last year ...

But it wasn't officially America's national bird until this week ... habitat for nesting and foraging," according to the National Audubon Society. Congress passed the Bald Eagle Protection ...

He noted that avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu, has been reported in 108 countries and territories over five continents in the last three years. “And as of December 2024, the ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The capybara – a South American relative of the guinea pig -- is the latest in a long line of “it ...