:: A US national wildlife protection group, the Center for Biological Diversity, plans to sue two federal agencies for failing to protect the federally Endangered Yuma Clapper … Read More
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Scientists report that the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster caused genetic damage, a decline in the population, and other changes to the birds, insects, and plants in … Read More
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:: The Audubon Society is looking for volunteers to monitor its three web cams on Seal Island, Maine, a National Wildlife Refuge in outer Penobscot Bay, … Read More
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:: Alberta has announced that the Western Grebe has been added to the province’s threatened species list, and that the Trumpeter Swan, a species on its way … Read More
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:: More news and studies about neonicotinoid pesticides — not surprisingly, researchers have found that in areas where water contained high concentrations of imidacloprid, insectivorous bird populations … Read More
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:: A Bicknell’s Thrush that was banded in the Dominican Republic while wintering there in 2010 has been has been re-captured for the second time on Mount Mansfield in Vermont. … Read More
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:: There are now more than 160 birding/bird apps listed on iTunes :: A Tufted Puffin was seen near the New Brunswick coast this past week. The last time a Tufted Puffin was spotted … Read More
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:: The feathers of migrating birds are carrying resilient microscopic plant spores, or diaspores, of some mosses, algae, and fungi, from breeding grounds in the Arctic … Read More
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:: The Canadian and Alberta governments are reviewing a groundbreaking study by University of Alberta biologist Colleen Cassady St. Clair, which revealed that an estimated 200,000 bird landings at … Read More
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:: Bird-friendly glass for windows is on the horizon :: Scientists are studying the evolution of the extinct Moa :: The Massachusetts Division of Fisheries & Wildlife is installing 18 “loon … Read More