A federal judge handed a victory to conservationists Wednesday, finding the Trump administration’s plan to boost energy development, mining and construction in greater sage grouse habitat should be halted while the two sides argue the merits.
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Why do birds of a feather stick together, even when it would be better for both if they set one another free? Research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on Monday analyzes the costs of cooperation in long-term mating birds to explain the evolutionary origin of post-coital couples.
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The federal government said Tuesday it will remove the Kirtland’s warbler from its list of protected species, finding the small, yellow-bellied songbird had recovered more than half a century after being designated as endangered.
Read moreThe U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service on Tuesday protected 30,010 acres of critical habitat for the endangered Southern Mountain caribou, rather than the 300,000 acres the Center for Biological Diversity sought in a lawsuit.
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Wild bird populations in the United States and Canada have shrunk by 2.9 billion, or one in four, in the last 50 years, according to a new study published Thursday.
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Scientists for years have believed neonicotinoid pesticides are responsible for catastrophic declines in the bee population, but a new study indicates one type of poison could also be responsible for the dramatic decline in migrating birds.
Read moreSettling down this week after months on the run, a rouge emu known as Eno is closer to being captured by authorities the bird has thus far evaded in the center of North Carolina, according to Orange County officials.
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The remains of a super-sized parrot that stood more than half the height of an average human and roamed the earth 19 million years ago have been discovered in New Zealand.
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Accusing the Trump administration of violating the Endangered Species Act, environmentalists claim in court that emperor penguins could be extinct within a century if the government doesn’t act quickly to protect them.
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A young bald eagle that the public watched hatch online in a Southern California mountain nest has finally made its first flight.
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An animal rescue group is asking for help caring for 89 baby snowy egrets and black-crowned night herons left homeless last week after a tree fell in downtown Oakland.
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If you build it, they will come. Unfortunately for potential picnic-goers, Denver’s lush parks and predator-free ponds are the perfect habitat for Branta Canadensis – the Canada goose – to thrive.
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Researchers have discovered an ancient bird fossilized in amber with a toe structure unlike anything seen before in animal history.
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The ashy storm petrel of the Farallon Islands is in trouble. The tiny bird’s problem? An invasion of house mice.
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A Trump administration-approved logging project in Los Padres National Forest will destroy habitat for endangered California condors and elevate wildfire risks for local communities, conservation groups say in a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday.
Read moreA federal court in the District of Columbia upheld federal protections Wednesday for the California gnatcatcher bird by dismissing a lawsuit by a developer group who said the coastal bird was not qualified to receive protections.
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A construction project in Crimea turned into the discovery of one of the largest birds in history living among early Europeans, according to new research released Wednesday.
Read moreA distinctive songbird with feather “horns” will get another shot at being listed as endangered after a federal judge ruled Monday the government must explain why it listed the species only as threatened despite finding it could cease to exist in parts of its range within 20 years.
Read moreFor the past several years, a walk along Alaska shores has brought views of dead or dying seabirds juxtaposed with the raw beauty of rocky sea cliffs or snowcapped mountains – more victims to a changing climate according to a study published Wednesday.
Read moreCalifornia condors will soon glide through the skies in Oregon, Nevada and Northern California, if a government plan to expand the birds’ range into their original territory becomes reality.
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