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North American migratory birds are becoming smaller as the planet warms due to climate change, a new study finds. Researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) examined more ...
A concerning discovery from a sweeping study of bird behavior across North America indicates a critical mismatch in our ...
Now in its 15th year, this photo competition brings us the beauty of the avian world — while focusing on the tragic fact that two-thirds of North American birds are threatened by extinction.
His April 21 sighting is the first time the bird has been seen in the U.S, bird experts said. It's also the first blue rock-thrush sighting in North America since 1997, according to the American ...
As the climate crisis worsens, so does pressure on wildlife. The number of birds in North America has declined by 3 billion in the last 50 years. Brooke Bateman, director of climate science at the ...
North American bird populations are shrinking most rapidly in the very areas where they are still most abundant, according to a new study leveraging citizen science data for nearly 500 bird species.
Animalia 75 percent of North America’s bird species are in decline, study says. Birds are rapidly vanishing from North America, with dramatic population losses in places that were once thought safe.
Many North Carolinians will also spot flocks of American Robins, the most numerous bird in North America (and a permanent resident of North Carolina). “American Robins do flock in large numbers ...
In 2020, the American Ornithological Society dubbed this bird, formerly named for a Confederate general, the “thick-billed longspur." Skip Russell via Flickr> under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEED Starting ...
This change, which will affect some 150 North American birds, has been a long time coming. Ornithologists and amateur birders alike have long wrestled with the historical nature of bird names ...