Big Gains in 2019 Bring Good News for Boreal Birds in 2020
January 09, 2020 —
Funding to maintain protected areas across Canada will help safeguard boreal birds for years to come.
Conservation
A New Bill Aims to Counter the Rollback of a Bedrock Bird Law
January 08, 2020 —
The Migratory Bird Protection Act would buttress the Migratory Bird Treaty Act while accelerating action to save birds from industrial deaths.
Invasive ‘Jumping’ Worms Are Now Tearing Through Midwestern Forests
January 02, 2020 —
The voracious crawlers are now chewing through leaf litter in Minnesota and Chicago and disrupting understory where some birds nest.
Plan to Lift Roadless Protections Will Likely Cause Extinctions in Alaska’s Tongass
December 20, 2019 —
Our biggest national forest is home to species found nowhere else, but proposed logging threatens the habitat they need to survive, writes Natalie Dawson, a biologist and executive director of ÃÛèÖAPP Alaska.
Inside the Race to Save China's Mysterious ‘Bird of Legend’
December 20, 2019 —
The Chinese Crested Tern was written off as extinct decades ago. Since its rediscovery in 2000, scientists have been working to ensure that Asia’s rarest seabird keeps a firm foothold in reality.
Could the Corvid Conservation Corps Replant a Forest After Fire?
December 20, 2019 —
Island Scrub-Jays are acorn-planting machines. Flying foresters might be just what today's scorched Western landscapes need.
As Demand for New Technology Increases, Mining Threatens Pristine Places
December 20, 2019 —
From smartphones to electric-car batteries, minerals are essential. Can places like Alaska's Bristol Bay survive unscathed?
Birds Saved Debi Shearwater. Is She Really Going to Call it Quits?
December 20, 2019 —
After 40-plus years of leading sold-out pelagic birding tours off the California coast, the trailblazing conservationist says it’s time to retire.
After Hurricane Dorian, a Survey Shows Hope and Concern For Bahamas' Birds
December 18, 2019 —
In the weeks after the storm, park managers and scientists went to assess habitat and avian losses—a mission that's becoming all too familiar.
