Coverage of climate change, habitat loss, pesticides, and other threats to birds, as well as how birders and conservationists are responding.
In 2010 and 2012, five teams of researchers published studies in which they concluded either that the Ivory-billed Woodpecker was extinct or that the odds … Read More “The Ivory-bill after a decade: Just how do we know when a species is extinct?”
According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, federal and state governments spent more than $20.3 million on the Ivory-billed Woodpecker in the 10 years … Read More “The Ivory-bill after a decade: $20.3 million spent, total cost ‘unknown’”
Two new studies suggest that climate change will pose a severe challenge to both North America’s shorebirds and the last wild population of Whooping Cranes. … Read More “Whooping Crane winter grounds will go underwater, shorebirds will face higher risk”
If you are looking for that perfect gift that almost every adult on your list will enjoy — one that is wallet-friendly and that reflects … Read More “Why bird-friendly coffee makes a great holiday gift”
Writer Mark Hedden broke some big news in our December issue, on newsstands now: Peregrine Falcons have nested in Paris, France, for the first time … Read More “Peregrine Falcons make history in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France”
In the world’s lexicon, the Dodo is an example of clumsiness, a species doomed to go extinct. Such perceptions, say an international team of researchers, … Read More “Laser scans of complete Dodo skeleton reveal a little-known bird not doomed to extinction”
Reports released days apart in early September 2014 painted a gloomy picture of North America’s birdlife. One describes our birds today; the other forecasts the … Read More “New reports show North America’s birds face shifting, shrinking ranges in years ahead”
For millennia, Chimney Swifts roosted and nested in caves and hollow trees. Then European colonists added buildings with chimneys to the landscape, and the birds … Read More “Ever fewer chimneys may force Chimney Swifts to return to large, hollow trees”
In “Seabirds by Sail,” the cover story of our August 2014 issue, we noted the troubles experienced by Atlantic Puffins in the Gulf of Maine … Read More “A cold winter leads to more successful nests for Maine’s charismatic Atlantic Puffin”
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