A peacock that spent more than six months roaming a village and hopping from house to house and fence to fence — most recently squawking loudly in search of a mate — has been caught at last. Residents of Gravesend, Kent, in the U.K. had grown fond of the bird that they named Saataj. They’d been feeding and caring for …
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Perhaps these solar eclipse spectators had a little bit too much fun preparing for the event — two black vultures found “drunk” inside a dumpster in Watertown, Connecticut.The vultures were rescued by Watertown Animal Control the day before the eclipse on April 7, and transported to A Place Called Hope, a wildlife rehabilitation center just under an hour away in …
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In newly released footage from National Geographic, baby penguins are seen bravely taking a 50-foot dive into the water below. In the video, nearly 700 emperor penguin chicks are gathered at the edge of a cliff, glancing over to see the deep water beneath them. All it takes is one brave penguin to take the plunge — before the others …
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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a health alert for a human bird flu case reported in Texas. Fox News medical contributor Dr. Marc Siegel sat down with “Fox and Friends” on Monday, mentioning that he spoke with CDC Director Mandy Cohen, who assured him that this bird flu case is treatable. “This person has …
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APP USERS: Click here to get this new quiz! How well do you know birds of prey and box-office blockbusters? The American Culture Quiz from Fox News Digital tests your command each week of our national heritage, history, pop-culture and top personalities. This week’s quick tackles everything from “Star Wars” to sourdough essentials to the April assassination of Abraham Lincoln. …
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a health alert Friday to inform clinicians, state health departments and the public of a case of avian influenza — aka bird flu — in a person who had contact with dairy cows in Texas. A farmworker on a commercial dairy farm in Texas developed conjunctivitis last week, and subsequently tested …
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As avian influenza (bird flu) continues to spread among wild birds in the European Union, officials are warning of the potential for a future human pandemic. On Wednesday, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) issued an alert noting that “transmission between bird and mammal species has been observed, particularly in fur animal farms, where outbreaks have been reported.” Although it …
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Passersby in Beijing during winter or early spring might happen upon groups of residents playing fetch with birds. The players blow plastic beads into the air through carbon tubes for the birds — often from the migratory wutong species — to catch and return, in exchange for a treat. It’s a Beijing tradition dating back to the Qing Dynasty, which …
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A runaway ostrich was caught on video dodging traffic in South Korea on Tuesday, after escaping from its enclosure due to what its owner believes was loneliness. The male ostrich named Tadori broke out from a zoo called Bug City in the town of Seongnam, located about an hour south of Seoul. Witnesses recorded video of the ostrich jogging down …
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New York City’s celebrity owl Flaco was suffering from a severe pigeon-borne illness and high levels of rat poison when he crashed into a building and died last month, officials at the Bronx Zoo said Monday. The Eurasian eagle-owl was found dead in a Manhattan courtyard on Feb. 23, a little over a year after he escaped a damaged enclosure …
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