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Avian flu hits Peru, killing thousands of sea birds and infecting some marine mammals

Tim Vernimmen 16 Feb 2023
A puffin flying.

For threatened seabirds of NE Atlantic, climate change piles on the pressure

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 18 Jan 2023
Plastic pieces found inside a dead shearwater.

Plastic impacts a grossly underestimated ‘one-two punch’ for seabirds: Study

Sean Mowbray 20 Oct 2022

Climate change and overfishing threaten once ‘endless’ Antarctic krill

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 11 Aug 2022
The spotted tody-flycatcher, native to South America and the Caribbean, hunts insects alone or in pairs, and is well-adapted to humans, happy in forest or overgrown pasture. Image courtesy of Alexander Lees.

Rachel Carson’s ‘Silent Spring’ 60 years on: Birds still fading from the skies

Sharon Guynup 23 May 2022

The promise of ‘bird-friendly’ cities: Q&A with author Timothy Beatley

John Cannon 30 Nov 2020

In lockdown’s calm, glossy ibis finds prime nesting conditions in Sri Lanka

Malaka Rodrigo 8 Jun 2020

Decade after BP Deepwater Horizon spill, oil drilling is as dangerous as ever

Liz Kimbrough 20 Apr 2020

Bid to get ‘aquatic wild meat’ off the menu and under protection

Edward Carver 28 Feb 2020

Tool use in puffins may point to ‘underestimated’ intelligence in seabirds

Mongabay.com 8 Jan 2020

Vanishing sea ice in the Arctic could shake up seabird migrations

John Cannon 11 Dec 2019

AI and public data identify fishing behavior to protect hungry seabirds

Marianne Messina 22 Feb 2019

Bans on the bird trade in South America yield mixed results

Mongabay.com 24 Jan 2019

Feed a fishery, starve a seabird

Mongabay.com 12 Dec 2018

‘Drifters of opportunity’: Seabirds track energy in tidal currents

Mongabay.com 3 Dec 2018

Plant communities roar back after rat removal from Pacific islands

Mongabay.com 19 Jul 2018

Coral reefs thrive next to rat-free islands, new study finds

John Cannon 11 Jul 2018

Let there be light — but be mindful of the wildlife

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 26 Jun 2018

Warmer sea surface temperatures imperil the survival of juvenile albatross: Study

Mongabay.com 21 Jun 2018

Seabird secrets revealed by bioacoustics in New Zealand

Mike Gaworecki 1 May 2018

Drones enable fast, accurate wildlife counts, study shows

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 14 Feb 2018

Canary in the Arctic coal mine: warming harms migrating red knot

Gloria Dickie 8 Aug 2017

Elusive seabird breeding grounds discovered in Chilean desert

Kim Smuga-Otto 16 Jun 2017

Ecological trap ensnares endangered African penguins

John Cannon 10 Feb 2017

Seabird numbers down 70 percent since 1950

Chaney Giordano 22 Sep 2015

Russia bans driftnet fishing, a reprieve for seabirds and marine mammals

Rebecca Kessler 10 Jul 2015

Pollutants threaten long-term survival of wandering albatross

Shayna Wilson 2 Feb 2015

Ocean’s 15: meet the species that have vanished forever from our seas

Jeremy Hance 15 Jan 2015

Rat eradication needed to save seabird colony

Michael Buelna 30 Dec 2014

Saving Peru’s sea turtles and marine birds: conservationists and fishermen partner to tackle bycatch

Jeremy Hance 7 Oct 2014

Collateral damage: new findings shed light on the full impact of commercial fishing

Nicholas Barrett 9 Apr 2014

Over 350 species added to the IUCN Red List’s threatened categories in the last six months

Jeremy Hance 26 Nov 2013

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