Study finds Southern California bird species evolved during pandemic: Here’s why

The COVID-19 pandemic changed a lot for human society – but it also caused a local species of bird to rapidly evolve, ...

Bird conservation groups use data from birdwatchers to fill critical information gaps for declining species

A study published in the journal Ornithological Applications shows how conservation organizations are using data from ...

AI deciphers fish grunts, knocks and growls to identify eight species

University of Victoria (UVic) biologists have discovered that even closely related fish species make unique and distinctive ...
Nature

Land-use changes threaten the safety net for birds

Alterations in land use are found to leave bird communities with fewer backup species for key ecological roles, making ecosystems vulnerable to further species loss. Carlos P. Carmona is at Misión ...
Bowdoin College

Inside Dylan Berr's Effort to Understand Bowdoin’s Birds

In a yearlong independent study, Dylan Berr ’26 is investigating how birds navigate and occupy campus spaces—insights that ...

Bird flu warnings are being ignored. I’ve seen this pattern before

If we avert our eyes from the bird flu threat because our systems have grown inattentive, underfunded and unprepared, we risk ...
The New York Times

Is This Bird the Next Dodo?

The slaty-masked tinamou, recently discovered in Brazil, is utterly unafraid of people. That could be its undoing, ornithologists worry. By Joe Trezza Rotund, ground-dwelling and unafraid of humans to ...
People

Researchers Find Birds Are Using Anti-Bird Spikes to Build Their Nests: 'A Brilliant Comeback'

Eurasian magpie and carrion crow nests made almost entirely out of anti-bird devices have been found in four European cities Michael Lee Simpson is a Digital News Writer at PEOPLE. His work has ...