You're not going far from home – and neither are the animals you spy out your window
With careful observation, you can start to recognize that one sassy squirrel or the cardinal pair who call your neighborhood home.
May 11, 2020 • ~9 min
Tags: birds wildlife squirrels urban-wildlife habitat lizards birdwatching rabbits wildlife-ecology migratory-birds bird-watching
Lockdown isn’t good news for all wildlife – many animals rely on humans for survival
What a hungry Red kite tells us about human-animal relationships.
May 1, 2020 • ~6 min
Tags: environment covid-19 birds nature animals wildlife goats
Want to help rare birds? Dig a pond
Ponds create 'insect chimneys' which are a boon for hungry farmland birds.
April 28, 2020 • ~5 min
Tags: biodiversity birds insects agriculture bird-conservation farmland ponds
How to discover the wildlife wonders of your own garden
Domestic gardens offer an oases for urban wildlife, and are a sight for sore eyes during lockdown.
April 7, 2020 • ~7 min
Tags: covid-19 birds self-isolation uk-wildlife urban-ecology gardens
Coronavirus: what the lockdown could mean for urban wildlife
With wild boar in Barcelona and coyotes in San Francisco, the lockdown has transformed concrete jungles worldwide.
April 3, 2020 • ~5 min
Tags: cities coronavirus birds nature lockdown hedgehogs urban-wildlife urban-ecology
Coronavirus: how the lockdown could affect urban wildlife
With wild boar in Barcelona and coyotes in San Francisco, the lockdown has transformed concrete jungles worldwide.
April 3, 2020 • ~5 min
Tags: cities coronavirus birds nature lockdown hedgehogs urban-wildlife urban-ecology
Camera traps completed one of the most thorough surveys of African rainforest yet
A new method of using camera traps has brought good and bad news for conservationists.
March 31, 2020 • ~6 min
Tags: conservation biodiversity mammals birds rainforest wildlife-monitoring camera-traps african-wildlife
Ancient bird skull found in amber was tiny predator in the time of giant dinosaurs
The skull of Oculudentavis, found encased in amber, provides new clues into the transition from dinosaurs to birds and may be smallest of either ever found.
March 11, 2020 • ~7 min
Tags: evolution birds dinosaurs paleontology fossils amber myanmar feathered-dinosaurs bones fossil-record fossil-skulls phylogeny
Spring is arriving earlier across the US, and that's not always good news
Climate change has advanced the arrival of spring by as much as several weeks in some parts of the US. This can mean major crop losses and disconnects between species that need each other to thrive.
March 4, 2020 • ~7 min
Tags: climate-change birds agriculture plants citizen-science winter spring pollinators seasonal-change phenology
It's OK to feed wild birds – here are some tips for doing it the right way
Millions of Americans feed wild birds, especially in winter and spring. Studies show that this can influence birds' health and behavior in surprising ways.
March 2, 2020 • ~8 min
Tags: biodiversity birds ecology citizen-science wildlife wildlife-conservation ornithology competition bird-feeding wildlife-biology
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