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Dr. Helen James’ work on avian extinction helps scientists understand how bird species today respond to threats like human encroachment and environmental change. Abigail Eisenstadt By studying recent ...

Several species of birds from different continents use and understand similar alarm calls when they see an invader that might ...

Concerns over foodborne risk from birds may not be as severe as once thought by produce farmers, according to research from the University of California, Davis, that found low instances of E. coli and ...

CLIMATEWIRE | Millions of birds are winging their way north now as part of their annual spring migration, preparing to settle down in their summer homes and raise their young. But some species may be ...

PENNSYLVANIA (WHTM) — More than half of the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s state-listed endangered and threatened species in Pennsylvania are birds. Four bird species are threatened and 16 are ...

“Awkward” would probably be the most benevolent word I could use to describe the explosive launch into flight of the California quail. Certainly, the words graceful or athletic do not come to mind. A ...

Human-caused bird extinctions are driving losses of functional diversity on islands worldwide, and the gaps they leave behind are not being filled by introduced (alien) species, finds a new study.