Science

December 20, 2018 — New research has found that a third of the avian population that winters in the mainland United States might not survive till spring. But why?

December 19, 2018 — Decades after the brown tree snake wiped out Guam’s birds, biologists have an ambitious plan to bring native species back to the stunning island.

December 17, 2018 — Common songbirds in Britain’s Wytham Woods are providing an unprecedented window into avian affairs—and maybe even our own.

December 14, 2018 — Meet the "puffleg” birds of the Latin American tropics, covered in feathers all the way down.

November 19, 2018 — Data collected from a triennial spring survey has helped gain the birds state-wide protections. Now they're being considered for a federal listing.

November 15, 2018 — New research breaks down the fundamentals required to smoothly go from perched to airborne.

November 13, 2018 — Predators now wipe out 70 percent of shorebird nests in the far north, a shift in historical patterns that scientists pin on climate change.

November 05, 2018 — New research has found yet another link between modern avians and their ancestors.

October 29, 2018 — In Honduras, species are migrating upslope to escape deforestation and climate change, illustrating a global trend. But space isn't infinite.

October 25, 2018 — If so, the similarity of the 120-million-year-old organs to those in modern birds sheds new light on avian evolution.