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Flooding during June 2011 on the Missouri River floodplain near Arrow Rock, Mo.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Missouri River Floodplain Expansion, Services, and Resiliency

by Aaron Sidder 28 July 202221 September 2022

Benefits might accrue for both wildlife and climate resiliency if more floodplains along the lower Missouri River were allowed to flood.

Ben Freeman holding a collared trogon in Peru.
Posted inFeatures

Benjamin Freeman: Slowing Birds’ “Escalator to Extinction”

by Richard J. Sima 25 July 202225 July 2022

From Bolivia to Peru, Freeman researches how a warming world affects tropical birds.

A Eurasian reed warbler carrying an insect in its beak
Posted inNews

Magnetic Stop Signs Show Birds the Way Home

by Jenessa Duncombe 14 February 202214 February 2022

Just like salmon and sea turtles, these songbirds appear to be sensitive to shifts in the magnetic field.

Birds flying over a city at dawn
Posted inNews

Bright Lights, Big Cities Attract Migratory Birds

by Brian Phan 14 December 202121 March 2022

The first stopover site map for U.S. migratory birds reveals the attraction of urban light pollution.

Four cormorants stand atop a channel marker.
Posted inScience Updates

Cormorants Are Helping Characterize Coastal Ocean Environments

by R. A. Orben, A. G. Peck-Richardson, G. Wilson, D. Ardağ and J. A. Lerczak 23 September 20218 September 2022

The Cormorant Oceanography Project is using sensors deployed on diving marine birds to collect broadly distributed oceanographic data in coastal regions around the world.

Researchers discovered a correlation between a mass bird die-off and wildfires.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Mass Bird Die-Off Linked to Wildfires and Toxic Gases

by Joshua Rapp Learn 26 March 202118 October 2021

Using observations from crowdsourced science and weather location data, researchers concluded that wildfires caused a mass die-off of birds in the western and central United States in 2020.

A white-crowned sparrow sings while perched on a branch
Posted inNews

Birds Sang a New Song During the Pandemic

by Katherine Kornei 5 November 20208 September 2022

White-crowned sparrows in the San Francisco Bay Area sang differently during California’s COVID-19-induced shutdown, recordings have revealed.

Two crimson-fronted cardinals perch on a leafy branch.
Posted inNews

Birds Are Getting Caged In at Brazil’s Savanna

by Meghie Rodrigues 11 August 202019 October 2022

Deforestation and climate change threaten life in the Cerrado. A new study shows how few places there are left to go.

An excavation conducted at an Adélie penguin colony on Earle Island (one of theDanger Islands), Antarctica.
Posted inNews

Penguin Poop Keeps a Record of Antarctic Glaciation

by B. Bedford 11 December 20184 October 2021

Scientists are digging up Adélie penguin guano to study millennia of Antarctica’s history.

Silvertip sharks in Chagos Archipelago
Posted inNews

Nutrient-Rich Water Around Seamounts Lures Top Predators

by Katherine Kornei 15 March 201821 December 2022

At an Indian Ocean marine refuge, tides drive cold water laden with nutrients onto the tops of underwater mountains, where it sustains a long food chain that culminates in sharks, tuna, and seabirds.

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