Karen Mason, who photographed a bird feeding a cigarette to its chick at St. Pete Beach in Florida, wants to show how litter impacts wildlife and our oceans.

- A baby bird was recently photographed with a cigarette in its mouth on a beach along the Florida Gulf Coast. The photos are reminders that cigarettes can be harmful to both humans and animals ...

ST. PETE BEACH, Fla. (WFLA) – Images of a tiny chick holding a cigarette in its beak have Florida residents calling for a crackdown on littering. Karen Mason snapped the photos of a black ...

Smoking may cause cancer in humans, but discarded cigarette butts appear to have health benefits for nesting birds, concluded a recent study of avian adaptations to urban environments. The study ...

PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) – Hundreds chimed in on social media after a baby bird was photographed with a cigarette in its mouth on a Pinellas County beach. Karen Mason snapped the photos of a ...

We never actually established why birds suddenly appear every time you are near.It might just be because you are one of the terrible, horrible people who throws cigarette butts on the ground ...

A mother bird at a beach in Florida was spotted feeding her baby chick a cigarette butt, prompting one woman to remind beachgoers this summer to clean up after themselves. A Largo, Fla. resident, w… ...

A mother bird at a beach in Florida was spotted feeding her baby chick a cigarette butt, prompting one woman to remind beachgoers this summer to clean up after themselves. A Largo, Fla. resident ...

Smoking kills. But if you’re a bird and if you want to kill parasites, that can be a good thing. City birds have taken to stuffing their nests with cigarette butts to poison potential parasites ...

They found that birds were probably using cigarette butts to get rid of pests, but the study wasn’t wholly conclusive. To refine their theory, Garcia and his team tested the theory on 32 house ...

A bird's nest full of cigarette butts and slightly smoked cigars has raised some eyebrows. The photo of the nest was posted by a user named "velvence" on Reddit's "Mildly Interesting" forum ...

When Karen Mason went to St. Pete Beach in Florida last week, she had planned to spend a quiet evening protecting nesting birds on the shore, something she does two or three times a week during ...