Articles by Shannon Palus

Ornitho-logic

The Men Who Save Baby Owls

By Shannon Palus
June 22, 2015 — When a nestling tumbles to earth, these guys are there to help.
News

Battling Shell’s Claim to the Arctic

By Shannon Palus
June 05, 2015 — Audubon and a league of conservation groups are taking their fight against drilling in the Chukchi Sea to court.
Science

Is This the Most Adorable Epidemic Ever?

By Shannon Palus
June 02, 2015 — A budgie surrounded by yawning budgies can’t help but yawn, too.
Birds in the News

Tracking Birds’ Migration Paths, Online

By Shannon Palus
May 20, 2015 — H is for Hawk author Helen McDonald writes about our relatively newfound ability to track animals’ migrations. Here’s how you can follow along.
Science

Global Big Day, By the Numbers

By Shannon Palus
May 15, 2015 — Cornell’s push to add species to its online bird database is a massive success.
Conservation

Birds in Small Spaces

By Shannon Palus
May 12, 2015 — Wildlife organizations are looking for innovative ways to keep birds out of bottles and cages.
Birds in the News

How Pigeons Avoid Collisions

By Shannon Palus
May 07, 2015 — Watch slow motion footage of the birds using their moves to complete a Harvard obstacle course.
Audubon in Action

New York Turns Out the Lights

By Shannon Palus
April 30, 2015 — Governor Andrew Cuomo announces that the Empire State will go dark to help birds.
Conservation

8 Ways to Keep Birds from Colliding with Drones

By Shannon Palus
April 30, 2015 — And buildings, and airplanes, and wind turbines—there’s a lot in our sky to contend with.
Birds in the News

Terror Bird Vs. Modern Bird

By Shannon Palus
April 27, 2015 — A recent discovery of a terror bird skeleton has us wondering: How do modern birds stack up?