April Is When the Sky Fills Up: How Spring Bird Migration Really Works

April has officially arrived, marking the peak time for spring bird migration. After a long and cold winter, many migratory birds are now embarking on their travels north. Wondering why migration ...

How dolphins communicate – new discoveries from a long‑term study in Sarasota, Florida

Researchers studying bottlenose dolphins found their whistles work like names, revealing complex social signals.
Futurism

Birds Are Getting Hooked on Cigarettes

Nicotine, the highly addictive chemical compound in cigarettes, is having a bit of a resurgence as of late — with patches of the stuff even appearing in vending machines at tech company offices, ...
Smithsonian Magazine

North American Bird Losses Are Accelerating. New Research Suggests Fertilizers and Pesticides May Be to Blame

North American bird populations are shrinking and, in many places, the rate of their decline is accelerating, likely due to warming temperatures and intensive agriculture, a new study in the journal ...
The Conversation

Bird losses are accelerating across North America, particularly in farming regions where agriculture is most intensive

François Leroy received funding from the National Science Foundation (OISE-2330423) and from the European Research Council (Grant No. 101044740). Views and opinions expressed are however those of the ...
The Washington Post

Bird rarely seen in the United States sends people flocking to Virginia

Barbara Saffir clipped a camouflage vest around her chest, hung her heavy, long-lens camera and binoculars around her neck, and stepped in her knee-high, red galoshes through wet leaves and mud under ...
SFGate

Bird flu rips through another beloved Bay Area species

Since mid-February, biologists have been struggling to control an outbreak of avian flu in a colony of more than 1,300 elephant seals at Año Nuevo, a state park 55 miles south of San Francisco. It’s ...
Los Angeles Times

North America is losing birds fast. Experts blame agriculture, warming

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. WASHINGTON — Billions fewer birds are flying through North American skies than decades ago and their numbers are ...
Orange County Register

Shrinking North American bird population is getting worse faster. Experts blame agriculture, warming

WASHINGTON (AP) — Billions fewer birds are flying through North American skies than decades ago and their population is shrinking ever faster, mostly due to a combination of intensive agriculture and ...
The Boston Globe

Larry Bird was left out of pickup games in French Lick. He nearly slipped away entirely.

Were it not for a string of unlikely events and minor miracles, the world might have never known a basketball legend. In the beginning, the boy didn’t like basketball as much as he seemed to like just ...
The New York Times

Birds Aren’t Just Declining. They’re Declining Faster, a New Study Finds.

Scientists studying data collected over more than three decades found accelerating losses. Their research offers clues about the causes. By Catrin Einhorn Birds in the United States are not only ...
Phys.org

Hotspots of accelerated North American bird decline linked to agricultural activity

Though previous research has shown that bird populations are declining across North America, a new study is the first to show that the pace of loss has picked up speed since the mid-1980s in three ...