Bird Populations Are in Meltdown
Humans rely on birds to eat insects, spread seeds, and pollinate plants—but these feathered friends can’t survive without their habitats......»»
Crab populations are crashing. Could losing their sense of smell be one of the important reasons why?
A new U of T Scarborough study finds that climate change is causing a commercially significant marine crab to lose its sense of smell, which could partially explain why their populations are thinning......»»
Smallest species shifting the fastest: Bird body size predicts rate of change in a warming world
Birds across the Americas are getting smaller and longer-winged as the world warms, and the smallest-bodied species are changing the fastest......»»
Endangered Dupont"s lark population declined by 66% after the storm Filomena
A study published in the journal Bird Conservation International warns of a decline of more than 66% in the population of the Dupont's lark (Chersophilus duponti) after the storm Filomena. This meteorological phenomenon was the biggest snowstorm to h.....»»
Migrating birds set to risk their lives flying over Chicago, most dangerous city for migratory birds in North America
Migratory bird movement is in full swing, and experts are urging Chicagoans to turn off their lights at night to help protect the birds over the next few days from fatal window collisions......»»
At Last, ‘Ugly’ Sea Lampreys Are Getting Some Respect
Fisheries managers are recognizing the ecological importance of the maligned marine suckers and are stepping up efforts to help their populations recover......»»
Study shows oil and gas infrastructure hurting nesting birds in globally important breeding area in Arctic Alaska
A new WCS-led study that analyzed 17 years of migratory bird-nesting data in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, revealed that nest survival decreased significantly near high-use oil and gas infrastructure and its related noise, dust, traffic, air pollution, and ot.....»»
Food, fertilizer, fuel? Hunt is on for solutions to Caribbean"s exploding seaweed problem
Most of the troubles plaguing the subtropical waters of Florida and the Caribbean revolve around disappearing marine life: coral reefs, fish populations, sea grass beds. It's decidedly the opposite case with sargassum, the floating brown seaweed that.....»»
New 50-year study offers insight into effects of climate on bird reproduction
A new study reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has assessed changes in the reproductive output of 104 bird species around the world between 1970 and 2019. The study reveals that a warming climate appears to have more worr.....»»
New Zealand fights to save its flightless national bird
New Zealand's treasured kiwi birds are shuffling around Wellington's verdant hills for the first time in a century, after a drive to eliminate invasive predators from the capital's surrounds......»»
Fallow land found to promote bird biodiversity
In recent decades, many of Germany's animal populations in agricultural landscapes have experienced sharp declines, both in terms of the number of species and the number of individuals. Fallow land is considered an effective measure to slow this decl.....»»
Researchers get the drop on new frog species
Five new species of frogs, including one with camouflage that makes it look like bird droppings, have been described by Australian scientists......»»
Dozens of woodland bird species are threatened, and we still don"t know what works best to bring them back
Australia's woodland birds include colorful parrots, flitting honeyeaters, bright blue fairywrens and the unassuming "little brown birds." Some, such as willie wagtails, laughing kookaburras and rosellas are found in urban gardens. Others, such as sw.....»»
Butterflies and dodos hold clues to protecting biodiversity
Although too late for the famed flightless bird, new scientific findings on the winged insects could help preserve animal species......»»
Astronomers explore multiple stellar populations in Messier 92
Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), astronomers from the University of Padua, Italy, and elsewhere have observed a metal-poor globular cluster known as Messier 92. The observations deliver crucial informa.....»»
Global ecological restoration does not enhance genetic diversity in restored plant populations, study finds
Almost ubiquitous human disturbance has caused serious negative genetic consequences for wild plants worldwide, such as a decrease in intraspecific genetic diversity, which is likely to threaten individual survival and population persistence. Ecologi.....»»
UK poultry can roam free outside again, but bird flu risk hasn"t gone away
The UK government recently announced that as of April 18, poultry and captive birds can be kept outside again as the threat from bird flu eases. These mandatory housing measures were introduced across England and Wales in the autumn of 2022 following.....»»
California condor samples test positive for H5N1 bird flu at veterinary diagnostic laboratory
At least seven deceased California condors from a northern Arizona population were infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza this spring, the Oregon Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory at Oregon State University has found......»»
Assessing how time lags influence the response of mammal and bird populations to change
A team of zoologists and life scientists from the Zoological Society of London, the Natural History Museum in London and Our World in Data at the Global Change Data Lab has conducted an assessment of how time lags influence the response of mammal and.....»»
Battery Bird protects customers from vulnerabilities in public Wifi networks
Recent warnings by the FBI and FCC have highlighted the risks associated with using public USB chargers. Hackers have created ways to use public USB ports to introduce malware and monitoring software onto the phones of unsuspecting users. Battery Bir.....»»
The surprising science behind long-distance bird migration
A team of scientists led by researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has recently made a surprising discovery, with the help of a wind tunnel and a flock of birds. Songbirds, many of which make twice-yearly, non-stop flights of more tha.....»»