ENCINITAS – Horton, Dr. Seuss’ bighearted hero, would be in his element at Hamilton Children’s Garden – especially in the aptly named Elephant Foot Forest. Scores of plants with strange shapes, ...

WALLA WALLA, Wash. — Police have arrested a 15-year-old boy for allegedly killing, torturing and stealing multiple birds at the Pioneer Park Aviary in Walla Walla. Police said the birds were killed in ...

A pure white peafowl surveys its surroundings at the Philadelphia Zoo. The white coloration is rather uncommon. (AP Photo/H. Rumph, Jr.) A 15-year-old has been arrested in connection with several ...

DEAR JOAN: I live in a neighborhood that is blessed by the presence of several families of California quail. Recently, I’ve been watching a family of quail feeding on the seeds I scatter for them on ...

A SHOPPER was stunned when she bought a box of eggs from her local supermarket – and one of them hatched. This tiny baby quail emerged from one of a batch of eggs bought from Caterham’s Waitrose ...