Area of Focus: Birds

September 30, 2024

Social media could be putting rare species at risk

Photographers and wildlife watchers may be disturbing rare species' habitat and behavior

September 23, 2024

JWM: Lead poses biggest risk to eagles

Researchers looked at lead exposure in 14 birds and 17 mammals

September 18, 2024

Raptor collisions increase around the world

Different raptor species collided with different human-created structures

September 10, 2024

Grant boosts Hawaiian honeycreeper recovery in Hawaii

Grant money will help fight the effects of avian malaria on Hawaiian honeycreepers

September 6, 2024

Watch: Scientists seek help finding 126 missing bird species

Scientists urge the public to search for species that could be extinct using a published list

August 20, 2024

Birdfeeders reveal vast urban bird diversity

San Antonio is becoming increasingly urbanized, but many bird species still visit backyards

August 19, 2024

WSB: To save kestrels from airstrikes, translocate them

Moving the small raptors 15 miles away from airports was usually enough to ensure they don’t return to dangerous areas

August 15, 2024

Joseph Richards wins Donald H. Rusch Memorial Game Bird Scholarship

Richards is focusing his graduate research on invertebrate forage availability for Rio Grande wild turkeys in Texas

August 14, 2024

Committee set to discuss sandhill crane management in Wisconsin

A 12-member study committee on sandhill cranes will discuss population management

August 8, 2024

Avian detectives work to prevent aircraft bird strikes

The Smithsonian Institution’s Feather ID Lab identifies bird species involved in aircraft collisions