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How Hummingbirds Evolved With Odd Taste for Sugar
Hummingbirds are the only birds that feed on sweet nectar, but like all other birds, they lack sweet-taste receptors on their palates and long tongues. So how did...
Knitters Answer a Call for Nests to Save Baby Birds
A California nonprofit that treats a thousand wild baby birds each year, made a request in April for local knitters to weave bird nests...
Paying Farmers to Welcome Birds
The BirdReturns program, financed by the Nature Conservancy, pays rice farmers in the flight path of migratory shore birds to keep their fields flooded...
Norway Protects Cod, Coral and Seabirds From the Threat of Oil
Putting the value of nature in front of the need for oil, the new government of Norway has decided to protect its valuable coastline...
Endangered Whales Sing Like Birds in Recordings That Hint at Rebound
A University of Washington researcher listened to the audio picked up by a recording device that spent a year in the icy waters off...
Bitterns: The Endangered UK Birds Whose Population is Booming At Last
The boom of the bittern is being heard across Britain once again, after more than a century in which the bird has hovered on...
Birds Thought Extinct Return to Rain Forest After Deforestation
Many bird species in the Amazon rainforest previously isolated and thought to be extinct in the quarter-century following deforestation have reappeared in these same...
Feds and Farmers Create Wetlands for Migrating Birds Headed for Gulf
Government officials hope to turn 150,000 acres of farmland into wetlands by Aug. 15 to be ready for migratory birds that would otherwise be...
Scientists Document Dancing Birds (w/ Video)
Previously, it was thought that only humans had the ability to groove. But, some birds have a remarkable talent for dancing, two...
Stolen Endagered Birds Recovered
A pair of red-vented cockatoos, amoung the rarest birds in the world, were discovered in the Southmead area after being stolen from Bristol Zoo...
Kiwi Birds Get Help Averting Extinction
Kiwis, the endangered birds that are the national symbol of New Zealand, are now being nursed back to healthy numbers by an innovative conservation...
Former Hunters Help Rare Birds Recover
One-time hunters recruited to a conservation project have helped threatened bird populations in Cambodia's Great Lake recover, according to a report Friday. The Wildlife...
Superflock of Endangered Birds Spotted in Turkey
Scientists thought as few as 400 Sociable Lapwings remained, a critically endandered bird of the Middle East and Central Asia. "Now, a superflock of...
Wild Ferrets, Birds and Forests Recovering
Three papers published in the journal Science this week showcase success stories that may point the way to future victories for endangered animals...
UK Creates its Largest Wetlands for Birds and Flood-Control
The UK is breaking down a sea wall in Essex to give a wide swath of wetlands back to the birds. The government-funded project...
Migrating Wild Birds NOT Carrying Bird Flu
Scientists monitoring avian influenza in water birds report that "millions of water birds have already migrated from Asia to West Asia and Africa, but...
Birds vs. Buildings
The Fatal Light Awareness Program (FLAP) convinced 80 buildings in downtown Toronto, Ontario to turn off their lights at night during bird migration seasons....
Good News in History, May 8
Happy 98th Birthday to Sir David Attenborough, the legendary naturalist, broadcaster and producer who created and wrote the influential documentaries Life on Earth (in...
White-Tailed Eagle Breeds in Belgium for First Time in 500 Years
White-tailed eagles nesting and breeding in Belgium has been observed for the first time since Florentine explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano became the first European...
World’s Oldest Bird Named Wisdom Lost Her Mate But is Courting New Suitors at 72
The world's oldest bird may have lost her mate, but she's now courting new suitors in her 70s.
The Laysan albatross named Wisdom, was photographed...