Critters are on the move as temperatures warm — and they may need a little bit of help every now and then. While driving on roads that are lightly traveled, it’s essential to keep an eye out for baby wildlife and other animals, such as turtles, deer and Anatidae families, like geese, swans and ducks. […]
Australia has always been a biodiversity hotspot, with some gnarly extinct megafauna in its natural history. Enormous, flightless ‘thunder birds’ or mihirungs once roamed the rugged Australian outback. The last remaining mihirung species was the roughly 6.5 feet tall Genyornis newtoni. These stocky birds went extinct about 45,000 years ago–living alongside humans for a bit. […]
This year, for Ball State University‘s annual fundraiser, One Ball State Day, donors had a unique opportunity… to name the campus’ resident geese. That’s right: Ball State’s new fundraiser “Name a Goose” gave donors the chance to name geese that live on campus. The waterfowl are known campus-wide for their antics. From blocking walkways to […]
Blossom, the resident goose at Riverside Cemetery in Marshalltown, was on a search for love after being left widowed in 2023. Blossom, the resident goose at Riverside Cemetery in Marshalltown, Iowa, started staring at her own reflection after her partner, Bud, died in 2023. Staring at their reflection is a sign of loneliness in geese. […]
A group of geese are in need of a new home after being left behind in North Carolina, a bird rescue said. The three geese — two blind ones and a “seeing eye goose” — were turned in to Carolina Waterfowl Rescue in Indian Trail with “very little info” on their past, according to the […]
KITTERY, Maine — Is it foul for fowl to roam one’s property? Some Kittery residents have lodged complaints about chickens and roosters kept for non-farming purposes around town. The Town Council is responding and will begin next month to consider a town-wide plan to amend Title 6 of the town code, regarding animal control. The […]