Woodpeckers & Sapsuckers: Nature’s Amazing Natural Pest Control
Woodpeckers may be noisy but they are also a great way to keep insect populations down.
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Loving Hummingbirds To Death: Thousands Die Annually From Commercial Nectar
Several thousand hummingbirds die every year from health problems caused by dirty feeders, spoiled sugar water and toxic commercial nectar.
Bird Populations Declining Fast Across North America
Researchers report that bird populations across North America have declined some 29 percent since 1970, and threats continue to mount.
For Shorebirds Like The Least Terns, Rooftop Nesting Is A Survival Necessity
Plastic pollution, beach trash and coastal development have all but obliterated shorebirds’ once pristine habitat.
Cats As Predators: Fluffy’s Cute, But She’s Killing Neighborhood Birds Even pet cats can't help their instincts — and bird populations are suffering accordingly
Even pet cats can’t help their predatory instincts. When you set them loose in the neighborhood, local bird populations are bound to suffer.
Lord God Bird Redux: Is the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker Really Back?
Birders are keeping hope alive that the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker will re-appear “on the wing” somewhere in the swamps of the Southeastern U.S.
8 Newly Endangered Species Added to IUCN Red List Vaquitas, Amur Leopards and African Antelope Among the Species Going Down Fast
The Rusty Patched Bumble Bee, African Antelope, Vaquita and Amur Leopard are among the wildlife species recently added to IUCN’s International Red List…
Caw of the Wild A review of Crow Planet: Essential Wisdom from the Urban Wilderness by Lyanda Lynn Haupt
A review of Crow Planet: Essential Wisdom from the Urban Wilderness by Lyanda Lynn Haupt…
For the Love of the Scrub — and Lake Wales Ridge Saving Florida's Ancient Ridge Ecosystem
Protecting the Lake Wales Ridge is one of the most daunting conservation challenges in the U.S., but the high biodiversity & endemism leave us no choice…
