URBANA, Ill. -- Last week, the scene at some University of Illinois livestock barns was straight out of an Alfred Hitchcock flick. "It was like the movie 'The Birds' out there," university spokeswoman ...

Officials with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services set out poison Tuesday afternoon to reduce a growing flock of starlings in Grand Island. The USDA dispersed DRC-1339 at a local ...

When dairy farmer Jerry Siemers fired at the starlings roosting on a ladder alongside his silo a few days ago, they were so plentiful that 35 died from a single shotgun blast. Siemers shoots starlings ...

Great efforts have been made to curtail the introduction of exotic species into the wild. One reason is because some become too successful, threatening the well-being of native species. Many plants ...