Area of Focus: Birds

May 10, 2024

Watch: North Dakota sage-grouse numbers continue to fall

Habitat loss and West Nile disease are driving their declines

May 3, 2024

JWM: Dousing the electrical fire on osprey management

Osprey electrocution is dangerous for birds, human safety and power infrastructure

May 2, 2024

A sound future for birds starts before birth

Traffic noise can impact birds before they’ve even hatched

May 1, 2024

‘Supercomputing’ uncovers information about great gray owl

They spend more time close to people than once thought

April 16, 2024

Harmful flame retardants appear in peregrine falcon eggs

Some of the chemicals were phased out years ago

April 4, 2024

Texas dairy worker contracts bird flu

It’s the second known U.S. case of avian influenza affecting people

April 4, 2024

Watch: Alaska to use robot dog to keep wildlife off runways

Officials are testing the robot at Fairbanks International Airport

April 3, 2024

Raptors prey on prairie dogs in the winter

Prairie dogs are a reliable food source, but plague is making them less consistent

April 2, 2024

Old whitebark pines critical for Clark’s nutcracker presence

Researcher reveals that blister rust fungal pathogen may have a trickledown effect on bird populations

March 28, 2024

Bird flu is killing seals around the world

Scientists believe the mammals are contracting the virus from affected seabirds