A Tern for the Better
Writing headlines can be tricky when your subject begs for a catchy pun. I resisted the urge on this Chinese Crested Tern article… until this blog post, that is.
November 17, 2015 · Leave a comment
A Woodpecker Disguised as… Another Woodpecker?
The Helmeted Woodpecker has a secret: it’s pretending to be a different type of woodpecker.
October 3, 2015 · 1 Comment
Hope for the Honduran Emerald Hummingbird
Under 10,000 of these shimmering birds remain–adding them to the Endangered Species List may help save them.
September 25, 2015 · Leave a comment
Piping Plover Protection Pays off in New York
Adorable tiny shorebirds have returned to their ancestral nesting site.
July 26, 2015 · Leave a comment
An Elegy for America’s Oldest Bald Eagle
The oldest banded Bald Eagle in the country has died, after a long and extraordinary life.
July 4, 2015 · Leave a comment
Turtle Troubles
What do you do when someone hands you 1,007 smuggled turtles, and tells you to take care of them? The Detroit Zoo deals with abandoned reptiles all the time––but not usually on this scale.
April 7, 2015 · Leave a comment
Elizabeth Explains 