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A monarch butterfly. Image by Sean Ewing via Pexels.

One in five butterflies lost in the US since 2000, study finds

Bobby Bascomb 14 Mar 2025
Yellow-breasted bunting

How birds deepen our awareness of nature: Interview with Ayuwat Jearwattanakanok

Carolyn Cowan 24 Feb 2025
Common pochard (Aythya ferina) photographed in Pakistan.

Better government policies could help as migratory birds lose habitat in Bangladesh

Pinky Akter 5 Feb 2025
An entangled fish

Underwater citizen science reveals the specter of ghost fishing in Thailand

Carolyn Cowan 30 Jan 2025

Birdwatchers rally behind endemic hummingbird, spurring conservation movement in Mexico

Tamara Blazquez Haik 23 Jan 2025
The 2024 paper proposes Leopardus pardinoides, or the clouded tiger cat, as a new species. This small wildcat is found in the cloud forests of Costa Rica, south to Panama, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia and Argentina. Image courtesy of Johanes Pfleiderer. Article title - A tiger cat gains new species designation, but conservation challenges remain

Photos: Top new species from 2024

Liz Kimbrough 26 Dec 2024

Counting Crows (and more) for Audubon’s Christmas bird count

Bobby Bascomb 20 Dec 2024
Citizen scientist photographing a Northern Queen of Sheba Orchid in Lesueur National Park, Western Australia. Photo credit: Thomas Mesaglio

Citizen scientists can boost IUCN species assessments, but need better guidance from ecologists

Mahima Samraik 26 Nov 2024
Two lesser noddies seen in Cox's Bazar.

Lesser noddy sighting stirs up birding community in Bangladesh

Rafiqul Islam 5 Nov 2024
Banner image of a drone. Image by Potushaft via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Bird-watching with drones? Might want to watch your distance, study says

Kristine Sabillo 28 Oct 2024

Fishers & scientists unite to restore seaweed populations on Chilean coast

Barinia Montoya 18 Oct 2024

‘Mermaids’ dive to study and protect Mexican fishing grounds

Astrid Arellano 2 Oct 2024

Celestún refuge fights illegal fishing & helps revive species in Mexico’s Yucatán

Astrid Arellano 1 Oct 2024
Stunning photo is the first ever of a yellow-crested helmetshrike. Image by Matt Brady.

‘Dream birds’ in the mist: First photo of ‘lost’ bird in DRC mountains

Ryan Truscott 23 Sep 2024

Environmentalists empowering women and citizen science win 2024 Heinz Awards

Mongabay.com 19 Sep 2024
A yellow oriental paper wasp (Polistes olivaceus)

Bats & bees help ni-Vanuatu predict storms — but will climate change interfere?

Sonam Lama Hyolmo 10 Sep 2024

How a fun women’s gathering led to small wildcat conservation in Peru’s Andes

James Hall 22 Aug 2024

First-ever video of Amazon weasel recorded in Bolivia

Shreya Dasgupta 29 Jul 2024

In Rwanda, science is the weapon of choice for protecting birds

Mariam Kone 8 Jul 2024

Reintroduction project brings golden parakeets back to the skies of Brazil’s Belém

Sarah Brown 26 Jun 2024
Manu Road Peru

Road paving in a Peruvian bird paradise threatens wildlife and ecotourism

Erik Iverson 19 Mar 2024
De Winton's Golden Mole, a blind mole that lives beneath the sand and has sensitive hearing that can detect vibrations from movement above the surface. (Photo by JP Le Roux)

We’re losing species faster than we can find them, study shows

Liz Kimbrough 27 Feb 2024
An anemone fish in Hong Kong's coral reefs.

Hong Kong as a reef fish haven? These scientists want to get the word out

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 22 Feb 2024
A lesser black krait in West Bengal, India.

Small, secretive & highly venomous snake seen for first time in Nepal’s hills

Abhaya Raj Joshi 1 Feb 2024
The length of the newly described stick insect can reach up to 35 cm (13.7 in).

In eastern Indonesia, a child adventurer discovers a new giant stick insect

Ebed de Rosary 31 Jan 2024
One of the six newly described chameleons from Tanzania

Photos: Top species discoveries from 2023

Liz Kimbrough 27 Dec 2023
A male Allen's hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin).

New AI model gives bird’s-eye view of avian distribution at vast scale

Abhishyant Kidangoor 8 Nov 2023
Mynas on an overhead wire.

Bangladesh’s ‘bird restaurant’ serves up snacks with a side of conservation

Mohammad Al-Masum Molla 22 Jun 2023

Study: Women, youths can be more effective at driving sustainable farming changes

Basten Gokkon 7 Apr 2023
Jashodhar Pramanik.

Jashodhon Pramanik: The farmer guardian of birds in Bangladesh

Maksuda Aziz 30 Mar 2023
A dusky tetraka.

Lost bird found: Dusky tetraka seen in Madagascar after 24-year absence

Liz Kimbrough 7 Mar 2023
Pokhara Airport in Nepal with the Himalayan range in the background

Bird strike warnings resurface amid probe into deadly Nepal plane crash

Abhaya Raj Joshi 18 Jan 2023

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