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CHICAGO -- Notions of bird watching might herald images of it being a little old ladies’ pastime, but the hobby draws a crowd of various people who find the activity incredibly social, active and deceivingly addictive. “One of the neat th… Read more

TEMPLE TERRACE, Fla. -- Jennifer Underwood got the call while working at the Temple Terrace Animal Hospital. A woman more than 3,000 miles away needed a place for the 30 birds her recently deceased father owned. “I said, ‘omigosh. We g… Read more

LOS ANGELES - Snickers the Sea Dog is barely more than a pup, but he's already an old salt. The 8-month-old pooch spent three months adrift in the Pacific with his owners and a parrot until their 48-foot sailboat ran aground in December on t… Read more

NEW YORK – To combat the record cost of fuel, the airline industry has been upping the ante for travelers -- and that includes jet-setting animal companions. Delta Air Lines, as a prelude to its merger with Northwest Airlines, implemented s… Read more

SECAUCUS, N.J. -- In the Long Island community of Brookhaven, a pair of endangered piping plovers nests on Cedar Beach. The migratory birds recently returned to their annual nesting grounds, exacerbating an issue that has surfaced up and down the eastern … Read more

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) -- A court has issued what could be at least a local first: an order of protection for a duck. A Suffolk County judge approved the measure Thursday, telling a man accused of shooting a family's pet duck to stay away from the bird … Read more