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I'm sure you've heard of Ivory-bill hunter, ornithologist, and author Geoffrey Hill . He's been leading a search for Ivory-billed Woodpeckers along the Choctawhatchee River in Florida since 2005. He wrote about the search in February 2007...
Here's a photo that grabbed our attention. An American Coot attacks a young chick and prepares to kill it. Bruce Lyon , professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of California Santa Cruz, shot the photo during the course of a...
Last week came photographer Chris Jordan's shocking photos of dead Laysan Albatross chicks , their decaying bodies filled with plastic that their parents had scavenged from the water of the Pacific Ocean. Today, thanks to Lindsay Young of the University...
What looks like an important conference on wind power and its effect on birds and other migratory wildlife is now under way here in southeastern Wisconsin. The workshop, entitled "Assessing Risks to Migratory Wildlife from Wind Energy Development...
Nearly a third of the nation’s 800 bird species are endangered, threatened, or in significant decline due to habitat loss, invasive species, and other threats, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today. “Just as they were when Rachel Carson...
Migrating Purple Martins can fly up to 358 miles (577 km) per day, and Wood Thrushes can cover 168 miles (271 km) per day, according to groundbreaking new research published today in the journal Science. Previous studies estimated songbirds could fly...
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