What’s involved with banding Piping Plover chicks? The banding team approaches cautiously, creating a circle around the chicks and gently capturing them with specially designed soft nets. The birds…
Browsing: Science & Environment
More than 150 years ago, Frederick Billings returned to Vermont after making his fortune during the California Gold Rush where he had witnessed miners clearing forests, eroding hillsides,…
By Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi and Nosipho Dlamini South African households are feeling the pressure, according to the 2026 Cost of Living Report by South Africa’s Competition Commission.…
From the banks of Currituck Sound to extensive grassy marshes, old duck impoundments, and upland maritime forests, Pine Island is home to globally rare habitat that continues…
Latest updates as the extreme heat engulfing Europe’s moves into the second week and the energy fallout from the Middle East conflict. A Paris pharmacy displays…
In a world increasingly polluted by AI slop, the Painted Bunting might make you think twice: Is that bird real? Fortunately for us, male Painted Buntings—adorned…
June 2026 marked unprecedented heatwaves across Europe, breaking multiple temperature records in the UK. Graphic showing the heat dome engulfing large parts of Europe. By Anders…
(Washington D.C.–June 24, 2026)–Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman John Boozman (R-Ark.) this week released text for a Senate companion bill to the Farm, Food, and National Security…
In the Americas, nightjars are some of our most mysterious—and, let’s be honest, freaky-looking—birds. But nighthawks and whip-poor-wills aren’t the only bristled and bug-eyed nocturnal birds…
Peerrnt! The nasal cry is sharp enough to penetrate traffic noise on the streets below. Looking up from the sidewalk, we see the source: a pigeon-sized…