by Aiden Tuan | May 10, 2026 | ScienceWire
From new member Karen Povey, Takahē (“tok-a-hay”) becomes the word of the day as she dives into the stunning recovery of the bird’s population. Located in New Zealand, the Takahē, a large, pudgy, flightless bird, was declared extinct back in 1898. However, that was...
by Aiden Tuan | Aug 14, 2025 | ScienceWire, Uncategorized
From member Sarah Trent: Bird banding, the act of putting metal bands around bird legs for identification, has been invaluable to ornithologists. The Bird Banding Lab – a program of the U.S. Geological Survey’s biological research arm has been instrumental in such...
by Susan Keown | Sep 30, 2024 | ScienceWire
The uncomely vulture has immense human benefit, writes Ian Rose for the Washington Post. He reports on new research on the effects of a mass poisoning of vultures across India after the widespread adoption of an antiinflammatory drug in livestock. Small amounts of the...
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...
