Exhausted Birds Become Lunch Meat for Tiger Sharks in the Gulf of Mexico
May 24, 2019 —
New research shows that these apex predators wait for food to fall out of the sky during migration.
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Rapidly Declining Songbird Won’t See Federal Protections Anytime Soon
May 24, 2019 —
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has delayed its decision on the Saltmarsh Sparrow’s endangered status to 2023. Scientists say that might be too late.
Oakland Has Its First Official Bird Thanks to These Dedicated Kids
May 24, 2019 —
After two years and a lot of hard work, a student-run campaign to make the Black-crowned Night-Heron the city's mascot sees success.
How Plover Chicks Born in a Parking Lot Spurred a City to Make Its Beach Safer
May 23, 2019 —
The dramatic ups and downs of a Piping Plover family in Gloucester, Massachusetts, show what it takes to protect a threatened species.
Last Year’s Everglades Breeding Bonanza Was the Biggest in More Than 80 Years
May 22, 2019 —
An official report says that South Florida's wading birds had an even better 2018 than we thought.
Listen to a Young Bewick's Wren Trying to Find Its Voice
May 20, 2019 —
Male wrens grow up mimicking their fathers' songs—until it's time to claim their own territories.
A Miraculous Discovery Near Medellín Yields Insight on a Mysterious Songbird
May 20, 2019 —
Conservationists recently discovered a Colombian brush-finch only known by museum specimens. Now they’re racing to save it from habitat loss.
A Swollen Mississippi River Has Resurrected Calls for a Wetland-Destroying Flood-Control Project
May 17, 2019 —
The EPA blocked the Yazoo Pumps proposal in 2008, saying it would devastate bird-rich habitat. Now the agency is reconsidering.
Thanks To Climate Change, Canada Jays May Eat Freezer-Burned Food All Winter
May 15, 2019 —
The birds' critical food stores, saved up each autumn for lean times later, risk going bad as global temperatures warm.
