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New York state opens new viewing sites on birding trail

The new birding locations are in the Finger Lakes and Hudson Valley region

Read Now July 8, 2025
July 18, 2025

Backyard feeders are reshaping hummingbirds

Researchers link rapid range expansion and bill changes in Anna’s hummingbirds to decades of feeder use

July 17, 2025

WSB now requires double-blind reviews

In a three-year ‘experiment,’ reviewers won’t see a list of authors—or institutional affiliations—on papers

July 17, 2025

Prairie dogs have plague-resistant genes

Researchers compared genetics of surviving individuals to those that died from sylvatic plague

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June 25, 2025

New test distinguishes between elephant and legal mammoth ivory

This strategy will prevent poachers from passing off similar-looking elephant ivory as mammoth ivory

June 24, 2025

Possibility for bat virus spillover to humans worries scientists

Bat viruses related to MERS might be one small mutation away from jumping to humans—and causing the next pandemic

June 20, 2025

Watch: Rare Senegal ghost elephant spotted on camera

The animal may be the last of its kind in the West African nation

June 18, 2025

Alligator study flags mercury concerns as EPA backs off

EPA opens comment period on mercury rule rollback as alligator study highlights rising contamination risks in wetlands

June 16, 2025

Flying under the influence?

Birds are consuming alcohol in their diets of fruit and nectar—but in moderation

June 11, 2025

Re-identifying a grouse population

A sharp-tailed grouse population in Wyoming and Colorado may be its own distinct subspecies

June 5, 2025

Extreme weather exacerbates precarious amphibians

Inclement weather particularly affects frogs and salamanders in Europe, the Amazon and Madagascar

June 3, 2025

Federal appeals court upholds layoff ban

A judge rules that the Trump administration failed to offer proper explanation or justification for planned RIFs

May 30, 2025

Where the ecosystem helps people, it also supports birds

Places where people reap the benefits of ecosystem services, birds are plentiful