Dolphins may be one of the planet's smartest creatures, but one thing they lack are opposable thumbs. Read More The post WATCH: Wild Dolphin Asks Divers to Help Free Itself from Hook appeared first on Ecorazzi. Animals Causes News Science Top News MORE >>

Black-thighed Grosbeak. On a recent Costa Rica trip, one of these was called out while an epic mixed flock was demolishing the forest around us. Seagull Steve, being a tropical birding noob, completely froze…his brain could not process this information. Photographed at Volcan Poas. Brainbirds can be obtained in two ways. MORE >>

Listen to the 3 minute audio at The Chronicle : “There are a lot of times I ask myself what I’m doing. You know, I’m 30, playing football. But I enjoy it.”. Daryl Andersen. University of Redlands. He describes how he balances work, family, and school—and how playing football has changed his career goals MORE >>

Wow, is it Space Coast time already?  By the time this post goes live I’ll be boarding an airplane to sunny Florida to begin the festivities.  To say that I’m excited about it would be a gross understatement.  Because it’s Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge in January, and that’s all any birder really needs to know. MORE >>

I was fired up by President Obama's remarks on climate and clean energy in his second inaugural address -- and gauging by the huge cheer that went up from the crowd, it sounded like the hundreds of thousands of people MORE >>