What Happens When Birds Get Drunk?
October 09, 2014 —
If they don't sober up before they fly, the outcomes can be deadly. Thankfully, humans can help.
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Can Birds Go Bald?
September 16, 2014 —
Come late summer, you may see bald birds hanging around your feeders. Here's why.
King Bird
July 23, 2014 —
Neil Hayward spent most of 2013 crisscrossing the continent on a quest to see as many bird species as he could in a calendar year. When it was all over, he’d seen more than anyone–ever–and broken the Big Year record.
Duck Dynasty
July 14, 2014 —
Of canvases and Canvasbacks: a look inside the high-stakes, duck-obsessed world of the Federal Duck Stamp Contest.
Tracking Wildlife From Space
July 09, 2014 —
Meg Crofoot is taking wildlife investigations out of this world.
EPA's Gutsy Move to Slash Power Plant Carbon Is a Win for People and Birds
June 02, 2014 —
New EPA regulations would rein in carbon pollution from coal plants.
Clever Galapagos Finches Use Cotton to Thwart Bugs
May 12, 2014 —
If you give a Darwin’s finch a cotton ball infused with insecticide, it will use that piece of fluff as a weapon to combat parasites.
Walking With Penguins
May 09, 2014 —
With her shepherd’s crook made of rebar, researcher “Hurricane Dee” Boersma still rules—and Argentina’s Magellanic penguins still follow.
Why the Passenger Pigeon Went Extinct
April 17, 2014 —
And whether it can, and should, be brought back to life a century after it disappeared.
