Opening a bluebird nest box to check on chick progress, I found instead one dead bluebird, cause of death unknown. The most interesting thing in the box, however, was not the bird but the dozen or so ...

Although they look dramatically different, carrion crows and hooded crows are almost indistinguishable genetically, and hybrid offspring are fertile, but the two forms remain distinct mostly due to ...

A criminal who vows to go straight after that one last job is a tried-and-true idea, but Urban Waite makes the idea seem fresh as he adds the disintegrating of a family to his plot. Akin to the brutal ...

In the space of four days, Selhurst Park staged two home defeats. The first drew anger and frustration from the crowd. The second left them pained and deflated. The triple body blow of a questionable ...

As the yearslong battle over the proposed Bethlehem Landfill expansion continues, the latest skirmish might be aerial. Lower Saucon Township Council will consider buying “vulture effigies” to help ...

There are many references to crows and ravens in legends and literature. Because of its black plumage, croaking call and diet of carrion, the crow has long been considered a bird of ill omen. French ...

The harsh New Mexican desert is the setting for Seattle writer Urban Waite’s powerful second novel, “The Carrion Birds” (Morrow, 288 pp., $25.99). In their tiny border town, cousins Ray Lamar and Tom ...