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Hawaii has been largely successful in preventing snakes from entering the island paradise over the years and avoiding the grave danger they present to tropical birds, colorful plants and the vibrant environment that draws millions of tourists to the state each year. But the recent capture of...

-- The mass deaths of thousands of blackbirds in Arkansas was caused by "blunt force trauma," according to a new report by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. Laboratory tests were conducted on 13 of the red-winged blackbirds that were part of the group that flew into buildings and died in a...

NBC News and msnbc.com, Updated: Mass bird die-off: Feds poisoned them YANKTON, S.D. - When birds started falling dead in Yankton on Monday, there was understandable alarm. There have been several recent mass die-offs of birds in various parts of the United States and even Sweden, and...

By The Associated Press | The Canadian Press – BEEBE, Ark. - Wildlife officials are trying to determine what caused more than 1,000 blackbirds to die and fall from the sky over an Arkansas town.The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission said Saturday that it began receiving reports about the dead...

By Mary Wisniewski, Editing by Greg McCune | Reuters CHICAGO (Reuters) - The deaths of 200 starlings in Yankton, South Dakota this week is no mystery -- they died as the result of poison set out by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, an official said on Thursday. USDA wildlife biologist Ricky...

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/us/2011/01/06/nr.savidge.birds.mystery.cnn - A large number of dead birds were found in the city of Falkoping, Sweden, Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, according to a press release on the website of the Swedish National Veterinary Institute. Autopsies were...

- Some of the nation's top experts Tuesday were looking for clues into sudden, mass deaths of birds in two states over New Year's weekend. "This one is unusual because of the time period over which so many birds died," said LeAnn White, a field investigator with the National Wildlife Health...

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/offbeat/2011/01/03/moos.its.raining.birds.cnn - The thousands of birds that fell from the sky just before midnight New Year's Eve in Arkansas likely died from massive trauma, according to a preliminary report released Monday. The birds, most of which were dead when...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Crows, chickadees and other birds living year-round in Alaska are suffering an epidemic of beak deformities that is confounding scientists. The grossly overgrown, overly-curved and sometimes crossed beaks started showing up in large numbers about a decade ago, and are now...

Lackey silences boo birds, beats Angels Red Sox right-hander narrowly outduels Weaver in return to L.A. ANAHEIM, Calif. - John Lackey expected a little appreciation of his eight years with the Los Angeles Angels. He got mostly boos in his return to Orange County, perplexing the Angels' former...

Study: Temperature makes bird beak sizes ST. CATHARINES, Ontario, (UPI) -- Birds in northern climates have evolved smaller beaks than species in the Southern Hemisphere to control loss of body heat, researchers say. The research studied 200 types of birds from around the world including...

my son -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- when my son was in the 2nd grade his teacher asked him a math question. sha asked if u have 3 birds on a wire and u shoot one of those birds haow many birds are left?. he said,....... none. she said no u...