Janice Jensen's dad is having a hard time completing his writing because Stanley, her 6-year-old African grey parrot, has a knack for nabbing pencils. She adopted the bird back in 2010, and says he ...

As the morning fog lifts off the bay, John Muir Laws is sitting in the dirt talking to a seagull. "The oval of your body curves back to your head," he says in a low voice. "Sloping forehead angle. I ...