birds
Mountain Birds on ‘Escalator to Extinction’ as Planet Warms
A meticulous re-creation of a three decade-old study of birds on a mountainside in Peru has given scientists a rare chance to prove how the changing climate is pushing species out of the places they are best adapted to.
Read moreKlamath National Forest
The Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center brought a federal complaint against the U.S. Forest Service, claiming its approval of 1,100 acres of logging in the Klamath National Forest near the Pacific Crest Trail will threaten protected salmon and owls.
Read moreTipsy Birds Flying Into Windows, Cars in Northern Minnesota
Police in a small northern Minnesota community have been taking some strange calls about birds that seem to be intoxicated.
Read moreNewly Discovered Hummingbird Already Critically Endangered
A newly discovered hummingbird found in the Andes mountain range in Ecuador is already critically endangered, a group of bird scientists conclude in a new study.
Read moreFeds Ordered to Let Public Speak Up for Sage Grouse
A federal judge has halted the Trump administration’s updated policy on public participation in the process by which the Bureau of Land Management decides whether to grant oil and gas leases in habitat of the greater sage grouse.
Read moreGolden Conure
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced plans to change the status of the golden conure, an Amazonian bird related to the parrot, from endangered to threatened, and will allow for the import and export of the bird in certain cases following a settlement with the American Federation of Aviculture.
Read moreWhite Storks Leave Polish Nests Early After Hot, Dry Summer
White storks that have nested in Poland are heading south for the winter earlier than usual after an especially hot, dry summer, a development experts are linking to climate change.
Read moreSpacewalkers Install Bird Trackers, Send Satellites Flying
Spacewalking cosmonauts set up an antenna for tracking birds on Earth and sent a series of tiny satellites flying from the International Space Station on Wednesday.
Read moreEndangered Macaw
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Monday will list the hyacinth macaw, a bird that lives mostly in Brazil, as endangered due to habitat loss from deforestation in the Amazon and climate change.
Read moreNY Agrees to Remove 23 Feral Cats From Jones Beach
Just in time for the piping plovers to fledge this fall, New York and American Bird Conservancy have resolved a 2016 federal lawsuit over what to do with a community of feral cats at Jones Beach.
Read moreFish and Wildlife Pushed to Protect Scarlet Macaw
Highlighting threats that the brilliantly colored parrot faces from the pet trade and deforestation, wildlife advocates brought a lawsuit to ensure federal protection of the scarlet macaw.
Read moreSandhill Cranes
The Wetlands Preservation Foundation claims the California Department of Water Resources and The Nature Conservancy are negligently failing to preserve Staten Island in California, a 9,000-acre island in the San Joaquin Delta that is a roosting site for sandhill cranes, in San Joaquin County Court.
Read moreChange in Migration Habits Not Helping Arctic Geese Weather Climate Change
Rising Arctic temperatures force barnacle geese to rush north along their migration routes, but speeding up their trip is not helping their reproduction according to research published Thursday.
Read moreMigrating Birds Create Flu Bonanza for Scientists to Study
It’s a marvel of ecology as shorebirds migrating from South America to the Arctic time a stop critical to their survival to this mass crab spawning. It’s also one of the world’s hot spots for bird flu — a bonanza for scientists seeking clues about how influenza evolves so they just might better protect people.
Read moreNewly Discovered Toad, Sparrow Inch Toward Protection
A recently discovered frog species in Nevada and a unique singing sparrow are being eyed for protection under the Endangered Species Act, according to federal regulators.
Read moreMalta Earns Rebuke at Top EU Court for Finch Trapping
The European Court of Justice scorched the country Malta on Thursday for its unrestrained and poorly supervised scheme that allows residents to trap seven species of finch.
Read moreRat Killers
Raptors Are the Solution sued the California Department of Pesticide Regulation on Wednesday for renewing the registrations of seven rodenticides “without initiating the re-evaluation process pursuant to state law,” in Alameda County Court.
Read moreTrump Faces Pushback for Plucking Bird Safeguards
Just three months after the Trump administration defeathered a 100-year-old bird law, a pipeline operator won permission to clear trees in nesting season. Conservationists brought a federal complaint Thursday to restore the status quo.
Read moreRecidivist Bird Smuggler
A recidivist bird smuggler, Sony Dong, 56, of Westminster, Calif., was sentenced Tuesday to 18 months in federal prison for smuggling endangered Asian songbirds into the United States again, in “deplorable” conditions.
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