"Bird Flu Is Still Causing Havoc. Here’s the Latest."
"The virus, which recently reached the Antarctic region for the first time, is surging again in North America."
Source: NYTimes, 12/18/2023
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"Looking For Honey? This African Bird Will Heed Your Call And Take You There"
"A wild African bird that will famously lead people to trees filled with honeycomb seems to somehow learn the distinct whistles and calls of the human foragers who live near them."
Source: NPR, 12/11/2023
After Decades of Decline, a Feathered Icon Breeds in New Zealand Capital
"The national bird, the kiwi, has hatched eggs in the wild in the Wellington area for the first time in living memory, thanks to a multiyear conservation effort."
Source: NYTimes, 12/05/2023
The Love Story Of An Endangered Tree And The Little Bird Who Eats Its Seeds
"The balance of an ecosystem hangs on the survival of a scraggly mountain tree. In northwest B.C., ecologists are facing climate change, droughts and wildfires as they work to protect whitebark pine and the species that rely on it".
Source: The Narwhal, 11/30/2023
"Wild Turkeys Are Disappearing — But No One Is Sure Why"
"In many parts of the country, turkeys are on the decline in the wild — but scientists aren’t sure why".
Source: Washington Post, 11/27/2023
"The Naturalist and the Wonderful, Lovable, So Good, Very Bold Jay"
"Canada jays thrive in the cold. The life’s work of one biologist gives us clues as to how they’ll fare in a hotter world."
Source: Hakai, 11/17/2023
Harvest Of Horseshoe Crabs, For Medicine And Bait, Limited To Protect Bird
"Interstate fishing regulators are limiting the harvest of a primordial species of invertebrate to try to help rebuild its population and aid a threatened species of bird."
Source: AP, 11/14/2023
"Why Vultures Might Just Be the Smartest Birds Above the Block"
"The two lappet-faced vultures had been together for just a few months, yet the massive birds, with their watchful, featherless gargoyle faces and their dark mottled body plumage so plush it looks like fur, had already mastered the avian version of monkey-see-monkey-do."
Source: NYTimes, 11/13/2023
"This N.Y.C. Building Is in the Bird-Killing Hall of Shame. It Wants Out."
"The dazzling views of Central Park come with a dark side." "A shiny glass condo property in the city has become notorious for deadly crashes, so some residents are pushing for change."
Source: NYTimes, 10/19/2023
"Gene Editing Offers Chickens Some Protection Against Bird Flu - Study"
"Scientists in Britain have found they can partially protect chickens from bird flu infections by editing their genes, signaling a new potential strategy to reduce the spread of the deadly virus."
Source: Reuters, 10/11/2023
