Author: A. Rentner

It looks like R2D2 from a George Lucas episode of Star Wars, except it has yellow eyes and feathers and can fly. But one doesn’t have to go to Tatooine or the forest moon of Endor to see the little guy. Just visit any local...

Anyone who writes a list of bird sightings at local wildlife refuges in the winter months would be well advised to bring more than a single sheet of paper on which to write and a spare pencil or two, as well. A study, published...

The fastest animal on earth, one that can achieve speeds of more than 200 miles per hour, lives just up the road this time of year. While found in coastal and northwestern California all year, peregrine falcons (Falco...

In 1927 Charles Lindbergh made history by flying the Spirit of St. Louis monoplane non-stop from Long Island to Paris, a distance of 3,600 miles. His accomplishment was on the front page of newspapers around the world. Preceding...

There are about 5,500 species of mammals on the planet. Most live on land, some live underground, some live in trees, some live in oceans but only one mammal can fly – a bat. Worldwide there are 1,400 species of bats. Forty-five...