Since the 1960s, the overall number of birds in at least one of our local forests has been declining. Not the number of species, but the total number of birds. This observation comes from long-term ...

Birds with red coloration get birders and non-birders alike excited. Most birds are rather drab, so orioles, warblers, and any bird with splotches of bright colors (orange or yellow or red or even ...

State officials are hopeful for the future of Hawaii’s forest birds, saying that recent efforts to protect bird populations could help prevent the species from going extinct. Courtesy photo/DLNR ...

WOLF: Yeah, it's beautiful. SUMMERS: Adrian Wolf knows birds. He once studied a threatened species called the streaked horned lark for over 10 years. WOLF: It has a piece in my heart, and it's little ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Tropical forest birds, which tend to have wings that are short and round relative to their body length and shape, are more sensitive to habitat fragmentation than the long-, ...

When the song pauses in a game of musical chairs, everyone jostles for one of the remaining seats. Bird migration today is much the same. When it’s time for a break in their biannual travels, ...

The upland realm of wao akua captivates all senses. Fresh water percolates into the earth, perfuming the cool air, and hues of greens and pops of red lehua delight the eyes, but the sound of its most ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.—While the U.S. and Canada have lost approximately a quarter of bird life—or 2.9 billion breeding adult birds—since 1970, Mississippi State researchers are finding ways to improve ...

Up until the 1890s, the tribal people residing in Sierra Nevada’s forests manually initiated small-scale brush fires to keep the ecosystem healthy. But then entered into picture human intellect.

Every week at the Maui airport, a small helicopter gets loaded with 250,000 passengers. They're male mosquitoes, key players in a strategy that could be the last, best hope for Hawaii's endangered ...

A relatively new program in Vermont is helping both maple syrup-producing farms and their customers to improve forest habitat preferred by a diversity of bird species. Launched in 2014, the ...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, a young documentary filmmaker began quietly joining a growing number of Facebook community groups run by traders of rare Indonesian birds. Over the following two years, a ...