Since its inception in 2003, the Mid-South Raptor Center, which is run entirely by volunteers, has rehabilitated and released more than 2,000 wounded wild birds of prey.

Crocodiles are often described as survivors from a distant past. Creatures that have changed very little despite millions of years passing. Among them.

Avian influenza has swept through waterfowl flocks across the East End this month, killing hundreds of Canada geese and ducks, and sparking fears that the disease could decimate the region’s ...