Warminster authorities are warning those who visit the township’s community park to avoid public bird feeders after numerous birds were intentionally poisoned over the weekend. "Numerous" dead birds ...

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In the lush forests of New Guinea lies a startling revelation: two species of birds whose feathers contain a lethal poison that can kill humans with just a touch. Though some birds' toxic nature has ...

UNDATED (WKRC) - Scientists have confirmed the world’s first poisonous bird. The hooded pitohui was always thought to be poisonous by the people of Papua, New Guinea, but it was not confirmed until ...

WEYMOUTH - A red-tailed hawk is fighting for its life in Massachusetts, the latest predatory bird to fall victim to ingesting a controversial rodenticide. The poison has been killing various birds for ...

At the New England Wildlife Center in Weymouth, veterinarian Priya Patel checks the vitals of one of her patients. He's a red-tailed hawk, and for the moment he's swaddled in a sandy brown towel. When ...

Authorities in Bucks County are investigating the apparent poisoning of bird feeders placed at a park where numerous dead birds were found last weekend, officials said. The bodies of at least 16 birds ...

A team of researchers at UC San Francisco, the California Academy of Sciences and Stanford University have uncovered some intriguing clues in the mystery of how some poison birds and frogs evade their ...