by Susan Keown | Dec 16, 2023 | ScienceWire
Writing for Audubon Magazine, Mara Grunbaum follows a snowshoeing scientist as she searches the Cascades for the Clark’s nutcracker. Due to a convergence of threats, stands of the birds’ favorite tree are becoming harder to find. The seeds of the critically endangered...
by Susan Keown | Nov 19, 2023 | ScienceWire
For a feature in bioGraphic, Carly Cassella takes us deep into Australian forests to show us something scientists are just starting to realize: Female birds have remarkable vocal prowess, too. Focusing on the lyrebird — whose males’ impressive powers of mimickry are...
by Susan Keown | Oct 11, 2023 | ScienceWire
How do migrating birds learn their routes? Rebecca Heisman (@r_heisman) reports for Hakai Magazine that, for at least some birds, social learning plays a major role. She discusses new research on a migrating shorebird, the black-tailed godwit, that proves this...
by Susan Keown | Jan 4, 2023 | ScienceWire
Beautiful colors on tropical birds, while undoubtedly adaptive for the animals, also attract people who want to capture them for the international pet trade, writes Anna Marie Yanny (@annamarie_yanny) for Mongabay. This puts them at greater risk of extinction,...
by Susan Keown | Oct 5, 2022 | ScienceWire
It’s now or never for saving the Northern Spotted Owl, Ashley Braun (@AshleyBraun) writes for Audubon Magazine. While no longer in the spotlight as they were during the “Timber Wars” of the late 20th century, the birds are in even graver danger now as the invasive...
