How Many Birds Disappear Between Migration Seasons? We Now Have a Clue.
December 20, 2018 —
New research has found that a third of the avian population that winters in the mainland United States might not survive till spring. But why?
Are Starlings the Key to Making Guam's Forests Sing Again?
December 19, 2018 —
Decades after the brown tree snake wiped out Guams birds, biologists have an ambitious plan to bring native species back to the stunning island.
How Hundreds of Volunteers Protected California's Tricolored Blackbirds
November 19, 2018 —
Data collected from a triennial spring survey has helped gain the birds state-wide protections. Now they're being considered for a federal listing.
The Arctic Is No Longer A Safe Haven for Breeding Shorebirds
November 13, 2018 —
Predators now wipe out 70 percent of shorebird nests in the far north, a shift in historical patterns that scientists pin on climate change.
Mountain Birds Need to Move Even Higher to Survive
October 29, 2018 —
In Honduras, species are migrating upslope to escape deforestation and climate change, illustrating a global trend. But space isn't infinite.