He was like his father: his father also got angry whenever he went out hunting, waging war on the birds and the beasts as if they were ferocious enemies, expending every last bit of malice in his heart while he was in the forest, and then returning home a kind, sensitive family man.

NEWYORKER: Among Animals and Plants

Let's talk about an IPO for something other than a farm game you play or a war between pigs and birds on your iPad.

WSJ: Please Wait, This Column on the Facebook IPO Is Browsing Its Friends' Updates

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says brown tree snakes have wiped out most of Guam's native populations of forest birds since being accidentally introduced to the island after World War II, probably after they stowed away on a ship or plane from their native range in Australia, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.

CNN: Deadly mice to rain down on Guam snakes