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A renowned ornithologist just announced the discovery of what could be a brand new bird species in Central Peru
5+ day, 15+ hour ago (631+ words) Miguel Lezama Ninancuro is well known among Andean birders and takes part regularly in ornithological inventories and expeditions. He said he is working with other ornithologists on a scientific paper about the find, and that the reference specimen, or holotype,…...
Eagles known as expert hunters caught doing something unexpected
1+ week, 5+ day ago (995+ words) Cameras in the Saudi Arabian desert captured Verreaux’s eagles behaving in a way researchers did not expect from these specialized hunters. Eagles are famous for being powerful hunters. They often sit near the top of a food web, which shows…...
Hawaii lost entire branches of its spectacular bird family
1+ week, 6+ day ago (1102+ words) DNA recovered from museum specimens is reshaping the family tree of Hawaiian honeycreepers and revealing how much evolutionary history has disappeared. Roughly 5 to 6 million years ago, one finch species reached Hawaii. Its descendants became more than 60 species of Hawaiian honeycreepers,…...
Remote island is a bird refuge with exceptionally dark night skies
1+ week, 6+ day ago (726+ words) Stewart Island/Rakiura is a wild corner of New Zealand filled with native birds, ancient forests, rugged beaches, and remarkably dark skies. Today’s Image of the Day from NASA Earth Observatory features the wild, forest-covered landscape of Stewart Island/Rakiura…...
Northern spotted owls have disappeared from large parts of their range
2+ week, 3+ day ago (1017+ words) Northern spotted owls are disappearing across the Pacific Northwest as breeding pairs fall to dangerously low regional levels. A forest can look healthy even when one of its animals is close to disappearing. That is happening to northern spotted owls…...
Grassland birds are vanishing from some of the best protected prairies
2+ week, 3+ day ago (960+ words) Grassland birds are declining even in some of America’s best protected prairies, as habitat loss and changing weather add pressure. Protected areas are meant to give wildlife a safe place when natural habitat disappears. But lines on a map cannot…...
Ravens are eating sage-grouse eggs, so scientists targeted their eggs instead
2+ week, 6+ day ago (1041+ words) Researchers found that oiling raven eggs more than doubled sage-grouse nest survival and helped boost populations at treated sites. A greater sage-grouse lays her eggs on bare ground under a sagebrush and sits on them for about a month, which…...