The Italian Constitutional Court’s recent ruling upholding a law that imposes sanctions on sea rescue groups casts a dark shadow over sea rescue, but that cloud has a silver lining.

But in this one place in Italy, said adversary is a flock of flamingoes.

In Italy right now, flocks of flamingoes are messing with fields, where the rice used for risotto is grown. The flamingos use their webbed feet to dig up algae, insects and other tasty treats.But they ...

Italy’s prized risotto rice is facing an unusual threat: flamingos. These elegant birds have invaded flooded rice fields in ...