Starvation prompted mass puffin die-off
It was the end of October 2016 when the first reports of dead puffins and auklets began trickling in on the small Pribilof island of St. Paul. Local Aleuts had begun to find ...
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Tapping into private landowners for bird diversity
Privately owned forests in Costa Rica may support just as much bird biodiversity as protected forests, according to new research. Daniel Karp, an assistant ...
House subcommittee considers Migratory Bird Treaty Act clarification
The House Natural Resources Committee’s Subcommittee on Water, Oceans and Wildlife held a hearing June 13 to consider several new pieces of legislation, including ...
The U.S. Forest Service to update its NEPA rules
The U.S. Forest Service is updating the regulations that govern the agency’s compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act, citing a desire to increase ...
Rice fields help threatened California snakes
Federally threatened garter snakes in California are using flooded rice paddies as refuges, but irregular management practices may limit the help these agricultural ...
Rethinking wildlife corridors in a changing climate
Black bears in British Columbia and Washington state will face habitat connectivity issues under future climate change scenarios, and the simple fix of creating ...
Shale gas development a mixed bag for songbirds
Shale gas development can benefit some songbird species, but for others, many of which are already threatened, it may be causing further declines. In a recent study ...
A Reunion on Montana’s Rocky Mountain Front
A quarter-century after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service listed the grizzly bear (Ursus arctos) as a threatened species in the Lower 48 states, bears began ...
Wild Cam: Thermal cameras spot roosting birds in the dark
Thermal cameras are helping researchers focus on bird populations while the lights are out. Birds at roost aren’t always easy to survey due to the darkness and ...