Apr 12 2025
Birds are among the most visible signs of a healthy environment. They fill forests with song, patrol fields for insects, pollinate flowers, disperse seeds, and migrate thousands of miles between seasonal habitats. So when birds begin disappearing—or when several dead birds suddenly appear in a neighborhood—it is understandable to wonder what is happening. There is …
May 24 2024
New Zealand is one of the most extraordinary places in the world for birds. Long geographic isolation, the absence of native terrestrial mammalian predators other than bats, and an enormous range of habitats allowed birds to evolve in ways rarely seen elsewhere. Some became flightless. Others filled ecological roles that mammals occupy on other continents. …
Oct 15 2023
Kauaʻi is home to some of the most extraordinary birds in the Hawaiian Islands. From tiny honeycreepers living in misty mountain forests to albatrosses gliding above dramatic sea cliffs, the island supports birdlife shaped by millions of years of isolation. Some birds found on Kauaʻi occur throughout Hawaiʻi. Others are endemic to Kauaʻi, meaning they …
Sep 03 2021
The Whooping Crane is one of the most critically endangered species in North America. It was once more widespread, nesting over much of the north central United States and central Canada, in the bog prairies south of the boreal forest. In the 1940s, the only surviving population of this species was nesting in Wood Buffalo …
Aug 28 2021
The California Condor is probably the most endangered bird in all of North America. There were only a couple dozen birds a few years ago. Many attempts have been made to bring them back from the brink of extinction. This largest American bird (along with its South American cousin, the Andean Condor) has been declining …
