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Dead bird mystery deepens
Coincidence or conspiracy? That's the question many of you are asking after another 500 birds were found dead yesterday just outside of Pointe Coupee Parish in Louisiana. This comes after over 5,000 red-winged blackbirds and starlings had fallen from the sky only about 300 miles away in Beebe, Ark. It is a strange phenomenon but as the National Wildlife Federation’s Doug Inkley explains this morning on American Morning, it is not enough to be considered a conspiracy.
'Wild Within' host eats what he kills in new Travel Channel show
Forget the supermarket, or even the farmer’s market—Steven Rinella is getting his food straight from the source, the great outdoors.
Rinella, a lifelong outdoorsman, is host of the new Travel Channel series “The Wild Within,” which follows him into the wild where he hunts and gathers his own food. This morning on American Morning, Rinella tells AM's Kiran Chetry and Jim Acosta about his lifelong passion for fishing and hunting, and how the show is inspired by a recent cultural trend: knowing where the food on our kitchen tables comes from.
“The Wild Within” premieres on Sunday, January 9 on the Travel Channel. Each episode ends with grand feast, but first viewers get to travel with Rinella to various destinations across the globe, such as Scotland, Alaska and Guyana.
Fireworks may have sparked massive blackbird deaths, Ark. official says
(CNN) - Arkansas game officials hope testing scheduled to begin Monday will solve the mystery of why up to 5,000 birds fell from the sky just before midnight New Year's Eve. The birds - most of which were dead - were red-winged blackbirds and starlings, and they were found within a one-mile area of Beebe, about 40 miles northeast of Little Rock, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission said. Birds fell over about a one-mile area, the commission said in a statement.
So what led to the mysterious mass blackbird deaths? This morning, Keith Stephens, spokesman, Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, tells Kiran Chetry and Jim Acosta why local New Year's Eve celebrations or weather may be to blame.
Losing Lennon: How Julian Lennon dealt with father's murder
All this week we’ve been previewing a CNN documentary this weekend on the death of John Lennon. It’ll be 30 years on Wednesday since he was murdered by Mark David Chapman.
Today, John Roberts talks to his son Julian Lennon about what it was like learning his father had died.
Be sure to catch the full documentary,” Losing Lennon: Countdown to Murder,” premiering Saturday and Sunday night at 8 ET on CNN.
Tigers Face Extinction: Poaching, massive decline in habitat to blame
Wild tigers could become extinct in 12 years if more action isn’t taken, according to global wildlife experts.
The World Wildlife Fund says only about 3,200 tigers remain in the wild, down from an estimated 100,000 a century ago.
Sybille Klenzendorf, director of the species conservation program at the World Wildlife Fund, talks with AM’s Kiran Chetry this morning. She explains how fast the numbers are falling and what humans can do to help.
AM's green living series recap
If you missed any part of American Morning's green living series, here's your chance to catch up.
Monday: What motivates Americans to go green?
Do you buy recyclable items because you know it will benefit the planet, or because you want to keep up with the neighbors?
CNN's Deb Feyerick takes a look at why people decide to go green.
Tuesday: How your family can go green
Paper or plastic? Does it matter? It’s drilled into consumers to help the environment but its confusing knowing what will really make a difference. CNN's Jason Carroll talks with Erin Bernard Benson, a new mother who has made it her mission to make her family’s lifestyle more eco-friendly. To read more about Erin and her adventures in first-time eco-baby life, visit her blog "A Mom's Writing."
Wednesday: What does the future hold for eco-friendly homes?
The GreenBuild Expo takes place in Chicago this week where they will be talking about the “greening” of American homes, including both new homes and retrofitted homes. Jason Carroll talks to a family in upstate New York who give us a tour of their affordable eco-family modular home.
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