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How Do Wildfires in Canada鈥檚 Boreal Forest Affect Birds Across the Continent?
June 22, 2023 — Hundreds of fires continue to blaze in what officials say could become Canada鈥檚 worst fire season in recorded history.
Birds and Climate
Inside the Race to Save a Single Condor Egg After Avian Flu Killed Its Mother
June 09, 2023 — How a long-shot rescue turned into an all-hands-on-deck mission to hatch a California Condor in captivity.
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Conservation Groups Aim to Cushion Birds From a Solar Power Boom
June 01, 2023 — Recognizing the desperate need for more clean energy, avian advocates are working to steer solar projects away from key habitats.
Birds and Clean Energy
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After a Wave of Bird Flu, More Than 20 California Condors Dead in the Southwest
May 10, 2023 — Setting the species' recovery back by at least a decade, the crisis appears to be ebbing as the weather warms, with no new detections since April.
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Two New Books By Unlikely Advocates Make the Conservation Case for Hunting
May 09, 2023 — A birder and a Brooklynite examine their opposition to hunting, give it a try, and鈥攆inding a deeper sense of stewardship鈥攗rge others to reconsider.
Books
We Might Not Have Trumpeter Swans Without George Mel茅ndez Wright
April 14, 2023 — A conservation powerhouse and the subject of a new biography, Wright also changed how our national parks protect and manage wildlife.
Profiles
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Could an Invasive Fungus Seal the Fate of Hawaii鈥檚 Endangered Forest Birds?
April 13, 2023 — A fungal disease is currently plaguing an endemic tree that dominates native forests in the Hawaiian Islands鈥攖he same forests that a slew of critically endangered birds rely on.
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Plastic Pollution Is So Pervasive That It鈥檚 Causing a New Disease in Seabirds
April 06, 2023 — Researchers coined the term 鈥減lasticosis鈥 to describe stomach damage related to ingesting trash.
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The Nation鈥檚 Native Seed Shortage Is a Big Roadblock to Ecological Restoration
March 06, 2023 — When a wildfire burns through a landscape, land managers want to replant with the local species that create healthy habitats. But often they can鈥檛鈥攁nd climate change is exacerbating the problem
Native Plants
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The Bird Man of the Faroe Islands Who Helps Unravel a Seabird鈥檚 Secrets
March 06, 2023 — On a remote island, a self-trained naturalist collaborates with scientists to track and protect a species that does its best not to be seen.
Profiles