Ferns, feathers, frogs and fronds in the Ecuadorian Amazon

'This is nothing like the Rainforest Cafe," cracks my boatmate. He's right. Rather than the cacophony one might expect, the sounds of the Ecuadorian jungle are surprisingly ordered at dawn on the Napo River, a tributary of the Amazon.

Tagged cuckoos clock up air miles

IT MUST have driven them cuckoo. Tracking devices fitted to five birds - named Chris, Lyster, Clement, Martin and Kasper - have revealed the extraordinary migration patterns of the traditional bird of springtime. The intrepid five were fitted with satellite tags by the British Trust for Ornithology last June before they headed off on their annual migration to Africa.

'Out in the wild': Rainforest program comes to Troy

TROY - Trouble came to Troy Monday. So did Pee-Wee. Trouble and Pee-Wee were the names of two macaws who were part of "The Rain Forest," a program that was presented live on stage at Memorial Auditorium. They and other birds soared in the air over the au

From Norfolk to the Congo … but will Martin the cuckoo ever make it home?

Britain's cuckoo population is in sharp decline, so ornithologists have tracked five migrating birds to try to find out why He has flown thousands of miles across Africa and Europe and enjoyed a winter break in the Congo rainforest. But now Martin the cuckoo is missing and scientists are waiting, with mounting concern, for news of the errant bird. Martin is one of a group of five cuckoos – the ...

Former NHL star opposes pipeline plans

Retired NHL star Scott Niedermayer has voiced his opposition to Enbridge's pipeline plans to build through the Great Bear - a rainforest nestled between the Pacific Ocean and the Coast Mountain range on B.C.'s west coast.