On the last day of his nine-year life, Piper the border collie chased a snowy owl from the runway at the airport in Traverse City, Michigan. It was the 8,367th bird he had scared off in a three-year ...

Piper began his duties in late 2014 as the sidekick to his owner, airport operations manager Brian Edwards. The dog went viral a little more than a year later, when images of him — looking “Top Gun” ...

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. -- Piper the airport dog, who went viral on social media last year for his work protecting planes from bird strikes in Michigan, has died. He was 9 years old. The Border Collie's ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, cooler than a cucumber in a bowl of hot sauce, it's Piper the ...