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Nature Trail: The much-loved Blackbird is one of the most common and widespread of our garden birds

WM: Uncovering bird flu superspreaders and vulnerable species

Gulls may play a key role in spreading the virus across continents The post WM: Uncovering bird flu superspreaders and vulnerable species appeared first on The Wildlife Society.

Some birds defy overall plunge in bird numbers

Bird multitudes are slipping away on a global scale, but a new study offers hope for how we can make life easier for them.

Some birds defy overall plunge in bird numbers

LOS ANGELES — Bird multitudes are slipping away on a global scale, but a new study offers hope for how we can be better neighbors to feathered friends.

Bending the Bird Curve, Together

Every bird has a story. Some travel thousands of miles across continents. Others depend on a single type of habitat found only in a small corner of the world. Yet all birds share a...

Truffle-Hunting Birds

With their excellent sense of smell, pigs are renowned for sniffing out truffles, a fungus that grows underground and is prized for its taste. But it turns out that some bird speci...

The Black-and-White Warbler

Black-and-white Warblers are tiny songbirds that breed in North America’s deciduous forests and winter as far south as Colombia. They feast on insects gleaned from leaves or plucke...

The Colorful Guest That Never Left

Ring-necked Pheasants (Phasianus colchicus) are one of the world’s most popular game birds, prized as a culinary delicacy and for their beautiful plumage. Although this species is...

Australia's Rainforest Birds

The rainforests of Eastern and Northeastern Australia harbor many species of birds found almost nowhere else. This Eastern Whipbird — which is more often heard than seen — hangs ou...

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Seagulls wait for scraps of food from tourists in front of the Sydney Opera House in Australia. — AFP

Hunting, pollution banned as migratory birds set to arrive in Pampore

Wildlife Dept issues advisory Pampore, Sep 08: The annual arrival of migratory birds in the wetlands of Pampore is expected during the coming migratory season, with the Wildlife Pr...

Stowaway Birds

When they migrate, tiny songbirds that spend most of their lives on land fly hundreds of miles over the ocean at a stretch – and they get tired. Research suggests that birds migrat...

Birds Build Their Songs Using Just Eight Musical Elements, Study Finds

Across the globe, birdsong is stunningly diverse—from the slow trills of a Northern Cardinal, to the flat whistle of a Three-wattled Bellbird, to the chirps and buzzes of a Barn Sw...

Bird’s-eye view: A visit to the Avian Conservation Center of Appalachia

Imagine you spot a bird, perhaps an owl or hawk, and it seems its wing is broken. It’s still there, resting on the road. What should you do? According to the Avian Conservation Cen...

Three Photos: Abstract Birds

Spotted Wood Kingfisher Streaked Spiderhunter Oriental Pied Hornbill Black-throated Sunbird Art by J. W.

As Singapore culls ‘nuisance’ birds, rapid urbanization continues to fuel an avian boom

SINGAPORE — On a Friday afternoon in July, a pest control officer patrols the grounds of Sungei Tengah Lodge, Singapore’s largest dormitory for migrant construction workers, pickin...

J. Drew Lanham’s Taxonomy of Bird Obsessions

Ornithologist J. Drew Lanham's favorite bird is “the one with feathers.” But here, he shares a few species that have been especially on his mind lately — “selected birds of the mom...

Wild Birds Unlimited Franchise Review 2026: Costs, Fees, News, Average Revenues and/or Profits

Ambrosio’s Take Wild Birds Unlimited is built around one of the most dedicated consumer hobbies in North America. Bird feeding and backyard wildlife attracts tens of millions of en...

Songbirds may have developed sharper senses to de-husk seeds

Songbirds, birds belonging to the Passeriformes order, are best known for their ability to produce complex musical sounds. Yet some songbird species also have another remarkable sk...

Demotivational Posters for Birds (XLVI)

The future belongs to birds who believe in themselves. And birds who study our posters.

Seven Ways for Birds to Attract Scientific Attention

Here are seven pieces of advice for any bird hoping to attract the attention of ornithologists. 1. Live in Europe or North America.Geographic location is one of the strongest facto...

Spark Bird: Olya Weekley And The House-Martins

When wildlife conservationist Olya Weekley was a little kid, she noticed something incredible from her grandmother’s kitchen window: a pair of House Martins had built a mud nest in...

The Ten Most Researched Bird Species

In 2014, two researchers looked at the number of papers on 10,064 bird species in the Zoological Record database from 1978 to 2008. While the results have to be taken with some cau...

When bird flu hit the UK, suffering seabirds died in their thousands. Australia’s wild flocks will soon do the same

Australia’s bird population will experience ‘large mortalities’ and risk species loss, modelling based on global outbreaks showsSign up for climate and environment editor Adam Mort...