A University of Michigan study found noise pollution has a significant negative impact on wild birds. Noise can interfere with mating calls, parent-offspring communication, and predator detection.

The kakapo, the world’s only flightless parrot, was once deemed a biological paradox – too heavy, too slow, and too appealing to predators to survive. Yet, this unique New Zealand native is now ...

'We don’t have the Eiffel Tower or the pyramids, but we do have kakapo," says New Zealand Department of Conservation’s Deidre Vercoe. The world’s only flightless parrot species was once thought to be ...

Species lists matter. Anyone with an interest in the natural world – from biodiversity and conservation professionals to urban planners – knows that. But when it comes to birds, species lists take on ...

Millions of birds invisibly migrate through the night sky each autumn, most flying in near silence toward their wintering grounds. Now, scientists have developed a way to see and identify many of ...

"Birds of the World, a powerful new resource that brings together scholarly content from four celebrated works of ornithology--Birds of North America and Neotropical Birds (originally published by the ...

The TikTok Bird Trend is extremely popular right now, and it is easy to see why. It looks funny and lots of fun to do, but only if you know how. Fortunately, it is way simpler than most people would ...

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