Tag: birds
Agriculture’s toll: Bird populations shrinking faster than ever in North America
A study reveals that the pace of loss has quickened significantly over the last three decades, particularly in regions dominated by intensive agriculture.
North American bird populations are collapsing in places they once thrived:...
The analysis of almost 500 species of North American birds indicates that three out of four species are suffering declines across their ranges, with two in three shrinking significantly.
Cats are fueling a global eco-crisis, pushing birds and other species...
Free-roaming cats are an invasive species and one of the most significant sources of human-caused bird mortality.
Microplastics found in birds’ lungs in new study
The researchers focused on analyzing potential microplastics in birds, as bird health can provide insights and warnings about potential impacts on the surrounding environment.
Building collisions are killing as many as 1 billion birds a...
The researchers analyzed the wildlife rehabilitation records of thousands of birds who had been involved in window collisions.
The species that defined our year
Here you’ll find 12 of the species that struck us as we looked back at the year that was.
Biden administration reverses rule that gutted protections for migratory birds
The "now-defunct rule" will continue to protect birds from incidental take and other activities specifically intended to kill birds.
Birds and other wildlife found covered in oil in Gulf of...
While there is no official estimate of how much crude oil spilled from the Alliance Refinery, LDWF said it could take weeks to save the affected wildlife.
Citizen scientists track how plastic pollution impacts birds
To get a big-picture perspective on the plastics that plague beaches, scientists team up with volunteers along the California Coast.
US bird numbers drop by nearly 3 billion in 48 years
In the last five decades US bird numbers have plummeted by 29%. As populations dwindle, so do the chances of species survival.
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The sadistic MAGA Trump Death Spiral twists and turns – a fierce test for...
Motto for the Trump gang could well be J. Robert Oppenheimer’s chilling admission, “Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.”
Bulldozers begin clearing ground for border barriers inside Big Bend National Park
Homeland Security set aside the National Park Service Organic Act, the Endangered Species Act and dozens of other laws to authorize the work, and a court challenge to that waiver is pending.
Court filings describe a Homeland Security operation that infiltrated Minnesota unions and churches
Agents subpoenaed years of bank and payment records from the Sunrise Movement and two national unions, none of which has been charged with a crime.
Paper Tiger: the Failure of America’s Trillion Dollar War Machine
The United States has burned through a third of its stand-off missile stocks against a country that spends two percent of what it does, losing at least four F-15s, an F-35 and 24 Reaper drones in the process.
“Stop Toxic Data Centers”: Justin Pearson on Elon Musk, AI & Winning Dem. House...
Pearson campaigned against Elon Musk's Colossus data centers in Memphis, and faces Republican state Senator Brent Taylor in November.