Whole-genome analysis raises concerns about the rare songbird, the authors of a recent study say, but could also help with ...

Scientists must journey to remote islands in the middle of the Bering Sea, braving uncertain conditions, to reach the ...

South Pelican Island belongs to the birds. Royal Terns circle and screech above this spit of sand and shrub, which juts out of North Carolina’s winding Cape Fear River. Grackles hop among the bushes ...

Washington, D.C. (April 8, 2025) – The director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plays a vital role in safeguarding the biodiversity of our nation’s wildlife and the health of ecosystems across ...

Inspired by naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace’s visit nearly two centuries ago, an isolated Indigenous community in Brazil worked with scientists to survey local birds and document cultural traditions.

In the late 1990s, as an ecologist at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Martin Wikelski guesses he drove every mile of the Prairie State’s backroads in a two-toned Oldsmobile. But these ...

The annual summary of the Christmas Bird Count has been published in a variety of forms since the count's inception in 1900. Until the 112th CBC, results were either published in print (and then ...

Times are tough for Snowy Plovers on the Gulf of Mexico. Climate change delivers more frequent, higher-intensity storms, washing away nests. Development encroaches from the other side of the beaches ...

NEW YORK—Today, scientists with the National Audubon Society published a new study in Global Change Biology that analyzed 43 species of warblers and the conservation challenges they face along their ...

Birds and people face unprecedented challenges from climate change, with two-thirds of North American bird species at risk of extinction. Transitioning to clean energy is one of the quickest and most ...

Birds delight us all year long, but their cheery presence is especially welcome in the coldest, darkest months. Winter presents challenges for birds, too, as many food sources they rely on are scarce.