animals Cast your vote for Aotearoa New Zealand's "Bird of the Century" (and listen to dozens of bird songs while you're at it!) Jennifer Sandlin
delightful creatures Watch a hilarious parrot try — and succeed — to distract her human (video) Carla Sinclair
animals Why did 1,000 birds die in one night last week by smashing into this Chicago building? David Pescovitz
unusual suspects Police find the unlikely culprit in a very fishy New Jersey power outage Carla Sinclair
animals Meet Cupid, a wild turkey living life with an arrow through her chest (video) David Pescovitz
animals Snake falls from sky and attacks woman, then a hawk attacks them both (video) David Pescovitz
animals This bizarre pigeon looks like something from a Pixar film directed by Salvador Dalí (video) David Pescovitz
Delightful Creatures Police search house for screaming woman, but find a very loud parrot instead (video) Carla Sinclair
body language Two enamored ducks get to know each other — not with quacks but with 30 seconds of head bobs (video) Carla Sinclair