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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Birds, like humans, have found that plastic lasts longer than plant-based materials. Water-dwelling coots, seeking to make do in ...

Fayetteville Animal Services teamed up with Fayetteville Fire Department to rescue an American Coot Bird that got caught up in some fishing line on Lake Fayetteville. Man Films Himself Leading 6 A.M.

There is an old saying “If it looks like a duck and acts like a duck, then it must be a duck.” However, there is a species of bird that is often mistaken for a duck because of its appearance and ...

Coots, the Rodney Dangerfields of the bird world, just might start to get some respect as a result of a new study showing that these common marsh birds are able to recognize and count their own eggs, ...

My wife Terri and I were driving to Walla Walla the other day and as we drove along the Columbia River below Pasco, I looked out on the river and saw a huge raft of birds swimming around. At first, I ...

An adult coot can recognize its own chicks and will attack a parasitic chick that hatches in its nest. Photo by B. Lyon. The American coot is a drab, seemingly unremarkable marsh bird common ...

A wildlife photographer has captured Somerset coot birds having a tussle. Robin Morrison says the birds were not messing around in their defence of territory on Tuesday (1 April). He says: “On the ...

Fort Pierce woman arrested after 5 dead dogs found in bins on front lawn A Fort Pierce woman is in custody after police discovered five dead dogs on her front lawn and more than a dozen more animals ...

Various species of birds, including the Intermediate Egret, Painted Stork, Spot-billed Pelican, Indian spot-billed Duck, ...