Discover the world through birding with birder and author Christian Cooper. From Peregrine falcons in New York City to ...
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission on Thursday approved a suite of rule changes affecting hunters of deer, doves, turkey ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Billions fewer birds are flying through North American skies than decades ago and their population is shrinking ever faster, mostly due to a combination of intensive agriculture and ...
An unassuming metal barn erected recently at the southern edge of the University of California, Davis campus houses some advanced video technology for a uniquely UC Davis project. Leveraging UC Davis’ ...
Larry Bird should have been excited about attending Indiana University in the late summer of 1974. The man who had recruited him to come there, Dave Bliss, had been chasing him for more than a year, ...
Counting bird species is no longer enough. To truly understand and support avian urban biodiversity, we must look beyond simple species richness to capture the functional roles, evolutionary histories ...
Hundreds of dead birds are being reported across New Jersey, including at the Jersey Shore, according to officials. Between Feb. 14 and Feb. 16, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection ...
Geese are reportedly dying in large numbers throughout the state of New Jersey causing a new concern over bird flu. According to New Jersey's Department of Environmental Protection, over 1,100 dead or ...
We have a lovely neighbor named Carol out here on the fringes of West Philly. Whenever she makes a big pot of soup, Carol is sure to send some our way. She’s always sharing fresh baked goods with our ...
A crucial part of birds’ eyes is unlike any tissue known in vertebrate animals. Their retina – the light-sensitive layer at the back of the eye – sidesteps the near-universal need for oxygen by ...
Rare attacks helped brand the cassowary as deadly, but habitat loss and human activity now pose a far greater threat to the bird’s survival. A southern cassowary stands on a beach at Etty Bay in ...
The US experienced its first known bird flu deaths this year, igniting concerns that the virus could set off a pandemic in people. Nevertheless, it still reined in the outbreak enough to warrant ...