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• Suspected Cockfighting Ring Raided In Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA - Authorities said Friday that agents from the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals raided a house in Philadelphia and discovered dozens of birds they said were being used in cockfights. The PSPCA is ...
• Ike leaves debris on miles of Texas beaches
But it's no joke to wildlife workers who are worried the trash will harm birds and other animals, including an endangered turtle that nests here in the spring. "It could have a huge impact," said Larry Turk, maintenance chief for Padre Island. The ...
• Recordings aim to capture calls of the wild West
Although it's just a year old, the site already has more than 800 recordings of birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians from 11 Western states. It will also feature "ambient soundscapes" from wild places across the region. The sounds will be available ...
• Scientists confirm shark's ‘virgin birth’
Virgin birth has been proven in some bony fish, amphibians, reptiles and birds, and has been suspected among sharks in the wild. The scientists who studied the Virginia and Nebraska sharks said the newly formed pups acquired one set of chromosomes ...
• Animals have personalities, too
We know our siblings and in-laws have personalities — sometimes to a fault. But science recently has revealed that such individual differences are widespread in the animal kingdom, even reaching to spiders, birds, mice, squid, rats and pigs. Now a ...