2+ week, 3+ day ago  (638+ words) This Saturday, May 9, is birding's biggest day. It is called Global Big Day, an annual 24-hour event in which thousands of people around the world help crowdsource sightings of birds for the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, considered one of the…...

10+ mon, 2+ week ago  (749+ words) Some salt marsh sparrows out on New Hampshire's seacoast are now flying around with brand new backpacks. The accessory is actually a solar-powered tag the size of a fingernail, which will help University of New Hampshire researchers provide important data…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (339+ words) Bird populations have dropped at an alarming rate over the last few decades, but there is still a lot to be optimistic about, according to ornithologist and author Scott Weidensaul. His new book, available April 21, The Return of the Oystercatcher:…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (408+ words) A round body with a long beak, dance-like movements when they walk, and, of course, that unmistakable "peet" sound " the American Woodcock was always destined for stardom. If wildlife content comes your way on social media, you have definitely seen…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago  (338+ words) The state of Connecticut has given Norwalk's Maritime Aquarium more than $2 million for a 10-year renovation plan, an "aquarium without walls". Officials say the goal is to create a more personal connection for folks with Long Island Sound. WSHU's Sabrina…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1209+ words) Nothing stops a chat between birders faster than a flash of feathers in the sky. Just a few steps into their stroll through Sax Zim Bog, three naturalists go hush at the sight of a Canada jay, a gray-and-white songbird…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago  (349+ words) Researchers at an aquarium in Connecticut want to study how the egg-laying habits of horseshoe crabs may be changing. Two recent studies from the Maritime Aquarium in Norwalk found a 2% to 9% decline in horseshoe crab populations in the Sound each…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago  (124+ words) Robert Bergstrom, CEO of Ocean Well, says his company's desalination pods that had been tested at a freshwater reservoir near Los Angeles are a step closer to going into the ocean. The California-based. .. Underwater desalination project moves forward in California…...

4+ mon, 2+ day ago  (944+ words) In her memoir "H is for Hawk," author Helen Macdonald channeled her grief after her beloved father's death into adopting and raising a goshawk, a fierce predatory bird. The book was adapted into a film of the same name, and…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (300+ words) The top two threats facing whales off Long Island's coast are boat strikes and fishing nets. That's according to research by the Atlantic Marine Conservation Society, a group that performs necropsies when dead whales wash ashore. Almost half of the…...