The Town of Dauphin Island and Mobile County have released a plan detailing how to protect and restore the habitats of native bird and wildlife species that use the natural resources in the uninhabited West End of the island. Environmental Science Associates, an environmental consulting group, prepared the Dauphin Island West End Bird Conservation and…

This is the time of year I always feel compelled to remind everyone that the first Thanksgiving took place in Florida. It happened about 50 years before the Pilgrims showed up. The attendees were Spanish settlers who’d just landed at what we now call St. Augustine and the native Timucuans who greeted them. They ate…

This is the time of year I always feel compelled to remind everyone that the first Thanksgiving took place in Florida. It happened about 50 years before the Pilgrims showed up. The attendees were Spanish settlers who’d just landed at what we now call St. Augustine and the native Timucuans who greeted them. They ate…

A new national climate report warns that increased wildfires, extreme heatwaves and drought will have widespread impacts on the people, industries and ecosystems in Idaho and across the Northwest. Released last week, the Fifth National Climate Assessment, or NC5, describes itself as “the U.S. government’s preeminent report on climate change impacts, risks and response.” The…

A new national climate report warns that increased wildfires, extreme heatwaves and drought will have widespread impacts on the people, industries and ecosystems in Idaho and across the Northwest. Released last week, the Fifth National Climate Assessment, or NC5, describes itself as “the U.S. government’s preeminent report on climate change impacts, risks and response.” The…

It isn’t hard to find turkey on Thanksgiving, with Americans cooking tens of millions of farm-raised birds every year. But in the wild? Turkeys aren’t doing so hot. Wild turkeys are on the decline in many parts of the country, baffling biologists who study the gobblers that Benjamin Franklin once lauded as a “Bird of…

It isn’t hard to find turkey on Thanksgiving, with Americans cooking tens of millions of farm-raised birds every year. But in the wild? Turkeys aren’t doing so hot. Wild turkeys are on the decline in many parts of the country, baffling biologists who study the gobblers that Benjamin Franklin once lauded as a “Bird of…

For decades, as dusk drew in every evening, up to 700 shags would fly from their foraging grounds near Fife to the Isle of May to roost for the night. Some of the birds had been doing this trip twice a day for 20 years, returning to the same cliff ledge, squabbling over who sat…

LOS ANGELES, California — Angelina Jolie, an Academy Award-winning actress and household name, is often praised for her work in Hollywood. Yet Jolie’s acting acclaim is not her greatest contribution to the world; Jolie is a fantastic example of how those with power and influence can become great humanitarians and support the global fight against…