WASHINGTON— On the eve of the Endangered Species Act’s 50th anniversary, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued a final rule today protecting the black-capped petrel as endangered under the ...
The black-capped petrel is a small seabird with long, black-framed wings that is also known as diablotin, or “little devil,” due to its eerie nighttime mating calls. These birds nest in the Caribbean ...
black bird, flying from the Pacific Ocean to the west up to its mountain breeding grounds. It’s a storm-petrel — and a new species. “Imagine that high up over one of the largest cities in ...