Tag: migratory birds

Whooping cranes are dispersing far from their reintroduction sites in Wisconsin, suggesting conservation efforts for the endangered birds are paying off. “We are starting to see the population behaving more...

In a highly anticipated set of regulatory actions, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is reinstating incidental take protections for species listed under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. This week,...

Blood on predatory merlins’ beaks and talons is revealing the prey that propel merlins on their annual migrations. Merlins migrate between the boreal forests of Canada and Alaska down as...

Every fall, thousands of eared grebes stop along the Great Salt Lake to feed on brine shrimp, which provides nutrients to carry them through a long journey southward to the...

The Migratory Bird Protection Act, legislation that would provide a path forward in public-private migratory species conservation work, has been reintroduced to the U.S. House of Representatives. Reps. Alan Lowenthal...

Staff at Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge see the effects of climate change right in front of them in the form of sea level rise. Eventually, they know that if nothing...

Despite an improving global picture on the range of seabirds, large gaps in data exist for dozens of threatened and endangered species. According to new analysis, researchers lack knowledge on...

When researchers study climate change, they often focus on scorching heat in hotter summers. Winter tends to get overlooked, even though extreme weather events can be impactful to wildlife. In...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has released the Birds of Conservation Concern 2021 report, which lists 269 bird species that the agency has identified as in need of conservation...

The Wildlife Society and partners are calling on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to develop a new incidental take permit system that would minimize harm to birds while also...