North American bird populations are shrinking and, in many places, the rate of their decline is accelerating, likely due to warming temperatures and intensive agriculture, a new study in the journal ...

The study is the first to look at more than the total bird population by examining the trends in their decrease, where they ...

Since the 1970s, the U.S. has lost billions of birds. We now know that those losses aren't just growing—they are accelerating ...

In North America, bird populations are declining at rapid rates in three specific locations. Between 1987 and 2021, wild bird numbers have fallen in California, the Midwest, and the Mid-Atlantic.

A new study finds North American bird populations keep dropping, and that decline is accelerating for many species.

As Congress advances the Farm Bill, strengthening voluntary conservation programs on farms, ranches, and forests is essential ...

Birds, more than other animal groups, have had a horrific time with extinction, especially over the past several hundred years. Here’s one uniquely American example. The extinct heath hen (Tympanuchus ...

Last fall, I fell in love with prairie dogs on the American Prairie in Montana even though the hype for America’s Great Plains pointed me to bison. As impressive as North America’s largest land mammal ...

In a talk titled The Courage of Birds: And the Often Surprising Ways They Survive Winter, bird expert Pete Dunne will discuss the adaptations of North American birds that allow them to survive ...