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A rare family of barn owls moved into Manhattan's Upper West Side. New Yorkers are captivated
NEW YORK (AP) — Manhattan's Upper West Side has been reveling in the company of its latest celebrities: A family of barn owls nested in a water tower atop a building near Central Park.This is the first documented instance of barn owls nesting in Manhattan in modern history, according to one expert, and the owls have attracted nightly crowds of people in the street eager to get a glimpse of the elusive birds.
“It was, like, totally shocking,” Andrew Farnsworth, a migration ecologist at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, said of the barn owls. “To the best of our... Read More
US winter is likely to be wetter and warmer, forecasters say. If you want more snow, look south
WASHINGTON (AP) — Winter in the United States looks like it will generally be wetter and warmer, but not necessarily snowier, according to the federal government's seasonal outlook and other meteorologists' forecasts. You can thank or blame El Niño.El Niño is likely to shift weather patterns to bring more moisture, but with it higher temperatures. That should help erase persistent Western drought, but it won't likely make Northern snow-lovers happy, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday.
“This is going to be a winter that’s really... Read More
No black-footed ferrets found in Meeteetse, 40 years after a rescue saved the species
Wyoming wildlife managers are reporting that no black-footed ferrets are being detected in the cradle of the species’ conservation: the Absaroka Range foothills outside of Meeteetse, where the ferrets were saved after presumed extinction in the 1980s.A tough combination of plague and drought — both big issues for the embattled western species — are suspected causes of a population collapse in the Meeteetse area, where wildlife managers returned ferrets to the wild in 2016 after a three-decade-long absence. It’s not assured that the reintroduced population is completely... Read More
Indonesia relocates 8 orangutans into protected forest after rescue from wildfires
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Eight endangered orangutans were released into a protected forest weeks after wildfires destroyed large swaths of their habitat in Indonesian Borneo, a conservation group said.The orangutans, including three mothers with infants and two adolescent males, were rescued from areas in Ketapang and North Kayong regencies that were ravaged by fires between August and September.
The animals were moved Oct. 8 to Batu Nyambu protected forest in West Kalimantan province, said Heribertus Suciadi, a spokesperson for the Indonesian Nature Rehabilitation... Read More
Top Stories in Science
- A rare family of barn owls moved into Manhattan's Upper West Side. New Yorkers are captivated
- US winter is likely to be wetter and warmer, forecasters say. If you want more snow, look south
- No black-footed ferrets found in Meeteetse, 40 years after a rescue saved the species
- Indonesia relocates 8 orangutans into protected forest after rescue from wildfires
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