All Bird and Conservation News

February 26, 2019 — Cade founded The Peregrine Fund and led the effort to save the raptor after its American population plummeted from DDT. Fellow falconer and friend Tim Gallagher looks back on his legacy.

February 25, 2019 — That flap of bumpy red skin hanging off a male turkey's face is both functional and fashionable.

February 20, 2019 — The hemlock woolly adelgid is moving north, and feathers could be providing the perfect ride, experiments show.

February 20, 2019 — The sweeping, bipartisan legislation promotes migratory bird habitat, creates new wilderness areas, and permanently renews the Land and Water Conservation Fund.

February 15, 2019 — To save heat and energy, Common Poorwills can dial down their heart rate, breathing, and body temperature for weeks at a time.

February 15, 2019 — Congress voted to block planned barriers at biodiversity hotspots, including the National Butterfly Center. Will the president wall them off anyway?

February 15, 2019 — Some male hummingbirds have special feathers that audibly vibrate as they zoom around to impress females. Listen here.

February 15, 2019 — Scientists aren't sure whether the appearance is a range expansion or a migration mishap. Either way, it's a sign of the species' recovery.

February 14, 2019 — Nature has way better moves than the Funky Chicken.

February 14, 2019 — From the City of Angels to the tip of Andes, these couples all have one thing in common.