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Cape vulture conservation offers hope, but challenges remain

Sean Mowbray 14 May 2025

A migrating flycatcher returning to the same Sri Lankan garden sparks interest in birders

Malaka Rodrigo 11 May 2025
Banner image of a great cormorant by Alexis Louis via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

European body proposes mass killing of cormorants to protect fish stocks

Kristine Sabillo 9 May 2025
More than 100 vultures were killed in a poisoning attack by poachers in May 2025. Image courtesy of the Endangered Wildlife Trust.

Mass South Africa vulture poisoning kills 123; 83 others rescued

Shanna Hanbury 9 May 2025
Banner Image of a far eastern curlew courtesy of Dong-pil.

Scientists warn of S. Korea airport project’s impact on migratory bird habitat

Kristine Sabillo 7 May 2025
Yao honey-hunter Seliano Rucunua holds a wild honeyguide that guided him to a bees’ nest; the bird was briefly captured for research, then released. Image courtesy of David Lloyd-Jones.

Malice or memory lapse? Why honeyguides sometimes lead hunters to danger

Ryan Truscott 6 May 2025
Banner image of scarlet macaws in Guatemala by Rony Rodriguez.

Hand-raised chicks boost Guatemala’s critically endangered macaws

Kristine Sabillo 5 May 2025

North American birds are plummeting in areas where they’re plentiful

Spoorthy Raman 2 May 2025
A wild boar at Parsa National Park.

Study reveals untold, and unprotected, wildlife wealth of Nepal’s Madhesh province

Abhaya Raj Joshi 2 May 2025
Olivier Nsengimana, founder of Rwanda Wildlife Conservation Association. Image courtesy James Rooney/National Geographic Society.

Rwanda’s Olivier Nsengimana inspires protection for gray crowned cranes in East Africa

Musinguzi Blanshe 30 Apr 2025
Why are the British flooding parts of their coast? Once farmland protected by flood defenses, Steart Marshes in southwest England now thrives as a restored salt marsh. As the defences weakened, the land became increasingly vulnerable to flooding. Instead of rebuilding defenses, conservationists, the government and local communities made a bold choice to let the sea reclaim the landscape. Just over 10 years ago the sea wall was breached, allowing the sea to take over the land, transforming the area into a vital wetland habitat. Salt marshes, which have declined by 85% in the U.K. since the 19th century, play a crucial role in coastal ecosystems. They provide shelter for wetland wildlife, act as natural flood defenses by absorbing storm surges, stabilize coastlines against erosion, and store carbon to help combat climate change. Managed by the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, Steart Marshes now provides a model for future restoration projects, proving that working with nature can protect communities while rebuilding lost habitats.

England’s flooded farmlands offer habitat, carbon storage & storm protection

Mongabay.com 29 Apr 2025
Hooded vulture, Gambia 2017. Image by Pete Richman via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)

In West Africa, hooded vultures vanish as abattoirs modernize

Ryan Truscott 24 Apr 2025

15 years after the BP oil spill disaster, how is the Gulf of Mexico faring?

Liz Kimbrough 21 Apr 2025
A common kestrel, one of the raptors frequently hunted down by poachers in Lebanon.

‘Trophies’ shared on social media reveal scale of mass bird slaughter in Lebanon

Spoorthy Raman 17 Apr 2025
A great tit (Parus major)

AI uncovers how birds remix their songs over time

Abhishyant Kidangoor 17 Apr 2025
Red-throated bee-eaters (Merops bulocki), Pehonko, Benin. Image by Yves Bas via iNaturalist (CC BY 4.0).

Africa’s growing cities are endangering birdlife (commentary)

Bello Adamu Danmallam 16 Apr 2025

Elevator to extinction (cartoon)

Rohan Chakravarty 16 Apr 2025
Sable shearwaters are long-lived marine birds that nest in large colonies on islands and shores throughout the Indian and Pacific oceans

Plastic-eating seabird chicks show signs of organ failure and cognitive decline

Spoorthy Raman 16 Apr 2025

Back to the skies: the unlikely comeback of one of Brazil’s rarest parrots

Xavier Bartaburu 14 Apr 2025
Banner image of an adult wattled crane and its chick, courtesy of Daniel Dolpire/International Crane Foundation.

Outlook improves for wattled crane in South Africa

Kristine Sabillo 11 Apr 2025
A tagged vulture in Zambia as part of ongoing population monitoring efforts. Malasa says she hopes the findings of the recent report can galvanize conservation support for vultures across Africa. Image courtesy of BirdWatch Zambia.

Conserving vultures in Southern Africa may provide substantial economic gain: Report

Sean Mowbray 7 Apr 2025
A Eurasian pygmy owl by Erik Karits via Pexels.

Eurasian pygmy owl confirmed in Spain for the first time

Shanna Hanbury 7 Apr 2025
Galápagos yellow warbler. Image courtesy of Alper Yelimlies.

Traffic noise turns Galápagos warblers into angry birds

Shreya Dasgupta 3 Apr 2025
Maltese Falcon Poachers: European hunters endanger Egypt's birds

Maltese Falcon Poachers: European hunters endanger Egypt’s birds

Mahmoud Elsobky, Wael El-Sayegh 2 Apr 2025
Gray parrot. Image by L.Miguel Bugallo Sánchez via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Key transit province in DRC bans gray parrot capture and trade

Shreya Dasgupta 1 Apr 2025
An Allen's hummingbird by Becky Matsubara

A third of US bird species are in decline, report warns

Spoorthy Raman 1 Apr 2025
Banner image of a pair of Baudin's black-cockatoo by dbmcc09 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

Australia’s environment minister sued for failure to act on threatened species

Kristine Sabillo 31 Mar 2025
Two pairs of N. Bald Ibis photographed at the wintering grounds on the Ethiopian highlands in November 2006 (© G. Serra).

The effort to save Syria’s northern bald ibis population failed, but much can be learned (analysis)

Gianluca Serra 28 Mar 2025

Conservationists, fishing industry find balance on protecting African penguins

Shreya Dasgupta 21 Mar 2025

A new dawn for night parrots (cartoon)

Rohan Chakravarty 18 Mar 2025
Banner image of a kākāriki karaka at Pukenui/Anchor Island, courtesy of RealNZ.

Critically endangered parakeets get a new home on New Zealand island

Kristine Sabillo 14 Mar 2025
Banner image of a scarlet-rumped trogon (Harpactes duvaucelii) in Sumatra, courtesy of Panji Gusti Akbar.

Indigenous schools ensure next generations protect Borneo’s ‘omen birds’

Mongabay.com 14 Mar 2025

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