Moving roadkill could save golden eagles at wind power facilities

Removing road-killed animals that can lead to golden eagles getting hit by cars could help offset the number of birds wind turbines kill.

Carol Clark-Emory • futurity
Sept. 21, 2023 ~7 min

Are bright city lights shrinking some birds’ eyes?

Some birds that live year round in big cities have eyes that are about 5% smaller. Researchers say bright lights may be the cause.

Sara Zaske-Washington State • futurity
Sept. 21, 2023 ~6 min


Some vocal learners are really good problem solvers, too

Vocal learning, problem solving, and brain size among some birds may have evolved in tandem, perhaps as a way to increase biological fitness.

Katherine Fenz-Rockefeller • futurity
Sept. 15, 2023 ~6 min

Light pollution may lower survival for some backyard birds

Light pollution at night may lower survival for two backyard bird species. But for one, the American robin, it's the opposite.

Laura Oleniacz - NC State • futurity
Aug. 15, 2023 ~6 min

Dune restoration appeals to people, plants, and birds

Dune restoration could increase the resilience of Southern California's urban beaches to sea level rise, report researchers.

Sonia Fernandez-UCSB • futurity
July 31, 2023 ~13 min

Birds of prey show exposure to neurotoxin bromethalin

A rodenticide, a neurotoxicant called bromethalin, can bioaccumulate in birds of prey, new findings show.

Angela Nelson-Tufts • futurity
July 25, 2023 ~9 min

How birds track their weather ‘niche’

Some migratory birds seek the same weather conditions all year long to avoid the changing seasons. New research digs into how.

Bess Connolly Martell-Yale • futurity
July 21, 2023 ~7 min

Birds clarify evolutionary ‘dance’ between size and temp

A new study clarifies the relationship between temperatures and changes in the size of the body parts of animals.

Esther Robards-Forbes - UT Austin • futurity
July 20, 2023 ~6 min


100% of red-tails at clinic carry blood-thinning rodenticides

Of the red-tailed hawks at a wildlife clinic, 100% showed exposure to anticoagulant rodenticides, a study finds.

Angela Nelson-Tufts • futurity
July 13, 2023 ~8 min

Seabird die-offs follow ocean heat waves

"A warmer ocean... will result in the death of hundreds of thousands to millions of marine birds within one to six months of the temperature increase."

Hannah Hickey-U. Washington • futurity
July 11, 2023 ~7 min

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