Despite protections, illegal shooting continues to plague golden eagles in the United States. Researchers wanted to learn why these emblematic birds are still persecuted in many parts of the country. Lauren McGough, a TWS member …
The International Union for Conservation of Nature downlisted red kites, a raptor species found widely across Europe, to least concern in 2020, after researchers found that the bird numbers were increasing across their global range. …
Crested caracaras are found widely across the American tropics, but the species’ northern range pushes into some of the southernmost states in the U.S. While this falcon is relatively common in most of its range, …
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 far as Central and South …
Across the western U.S. and Canada, wildlife rehabilitation centers are reporting young birds of prey jumping out of their nests before they can fly to escape the region’s historic heat wave. The Washington Post reports …
Intense deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest is pushing one of the world’s largest eagles to the brink of extinction in Brazil. The Amazon eagle (Harpia harpyja), known also as the harpy eagle, is found widely …
Raptors in the U.S. have a high prevalence of a parasite found widely in cats that can also cause disease in infected humans. According to new research, carnivorous birds might act as indicators of environmental …
Golden eagles that spend their winters in western Montana are overwhelmingly exposed to lead contamination. “Almost the entire population has been exposed to lead,” said Robert Domenech, executive director of the Raptor View Research Institute …
Fresh off the setback of losing a number of birds to the Dolan Fire, conservationists are set to release seven new birds into the wild. The Dolan Fire destroyed a California condor sanctuary run by …
Researchers reveal a strong signal that ospreys nesting on cellphone towers have similar productivity and success rates when raising young than their counterparts nesting in other areas. “We determined that there was no difference between …
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