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The Humboldt penguin population has dramatically decreased in areas along the central coast of Chile, making them one of the most vulnerable of the world’s 18 penguin species and putting them at risk of extinction, experts warn. Last year, scientists surveyed two islands off the central Chilean coast and detected 842 breeding pairs or active nests. This year they found …

A Louisiana child was found safe after being reported missing last week — along with something “fowl” in the boy’s backpack. “Storytime!” wrote the St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Office in a Friday, May 31 post on its Facebook page. RARE SNAKE-LIKE FISH THAT BREATHES AIR CAUGHT IN MISSOURI FOR FOURTH TIME: ‘AGGRESSIVE PREDATORS’ “Hey folks, gather around for a wild …

New Jersey proposed Monday removing the bald eagle from its endangered species list, citing a rebound since more than four decades ago, when a single nesting pair in a remote county were the only of its kind in the state. The turnaround stems from the work of volunteers and state professionals who nurtured hatchlings, guarded nests and educated the public, …

A helicopter pilot in Florida was charged this week by the state’s Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) after he allegedly landed on a closed shorebird nesting site. Ernesto Cordero was charged with harassing the nesting birds, a misdemeanor, for allegedly harming the eggs of a protected species when he landed at Egmont Key State Park, scattering hundreds of shorebirds …

All Spix’s macaws are majestically blue in the blazing sun of Brazil’s Northeast, but each bird is distinct to Candice and Cromwell Purchase. As the parrots soar squawking past their home, the couple can readily identify bird No. 17 by its smooth feathers and can tell No. 16 from No. 22, which has two beads attached to its radio collar. …

A cheeky bird was rescued by a woman after it flew right through her car window and made itself comfortable in her vehicle as she was driving along a country lane in the United Kingdom. Jessica Mathews spotted the rooster on the side of the road as she made her way home along a country lane in Aston-on-Trent, Derbys, according …

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Scores of sick and starving pelicans have been found in coastal California communities in recent weeks and many others have died. Lifeguards spotted a cluster of two dozen sick pelicans earlier this week on a pier in coastal Newport Beach and called in wildlife experts to assist. Debbie McGuire, executive director of the Wetlands and Wildlife Care Center in Huntington …

An amateur photographer captured a subject in Oregon last week that has bird lovers chirping — as it’s said to be the first U.S. sighting of this particular species. Some experts are calling it the “bird of the century.” “It’s just a very rare thing to have a country-first record in Oregon,” Brodie Cass Talbott, senior educator and trips specialist …

The world’s oldest known wild bird may have lost her mate, but she was recently seen courting new suitors. The Laysan albatross, or mōlī, known as Wisdom has been photographed dancing with potential mates at the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in the North Pacific Ocean, according to SWNS, the British news service. The seabird is recognized by her well-known …