When Dr. Ernesto Dominquez realized a red-tailed hawk from Virginia Beach had a damaged feather, he tried several options to get the bird back in the air. Rehabilitation didn’t work. Neither did ...

When a bird loses feathers and can no longer fly, vets in Singapore can use a special "feather extension" technique to restore its wings and return it to the sky. This process, known as imping, was ...

ROAD TO RECOVERY WILL BE A LONG ONE. WHEN I FIRST HELD THE BIRD, I NOTICED THAT EVERY SINGLE FEATHER ON BOTH ITS WINGS AND TAILS WERE COMPLETELY SHEARED AND LOOKED TO BE INTENTIONALLY CUT OFF. TAKE A ...

In late autumn a male great horned owl sent his soft, deep hoots out from a stand of trees in Minnetonka. He'd been away for two months and was making it known that this was still his territory, after ...