Birds

“What is it – people just don’t want to walk anymore?”That’s how host Don Marsh opened Tuesday’s lighthearted St. Louis on the Air conversation with the…

Updated July 19 at 11 p.m. with a comment from Bird — Some St. Louisans might have noticed motorized scooters around the city on Thursday morning. Bird, a…

The Army Corps of Engineers plans to launch a long-term study this month to study birds and bats near the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri…

About a month ago, Mychal Voorhees heard a strange noise near her apartment.“I was just sitting at home watching TV and I heard what sounded like a bird…

In Fredericktown, Missouri, three women walked towards what looked like a Martian landscape.The sparsely vegetated area covered in reddish-tan dirt, once…

From the moment Katrina (“Trina”) Whitener met “Lonesome George” – the last tortoise of his kind - in kindergarten, she knew she wanted to dedicate her…

Cardinals are known for their bright red plumage, a color that gives birds an advantage when attracting mates. But what gives them this attractive…

Here at St. Louis on the Air, we love our pets, we really do. Yet sometimes, oh yes, sometimes, their behavior is absolutely confounding. Why do you hate…

A recent report finds climate change is threatening dozens of birds that call Missouri home.The National Audubon Society says more than half of the 588…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Feb. 10, 2010 - I was forced to learn to spell archaeopteryx in 1989, when my daughter Nikki came…