By Spoorthy Raman Among the many inhabitants of Southeast Asia’s dense rainforests are hornbills — a group of birds that ...

Following a record-breaking nesting season in 2025, the Great Lakes’ first piping plovers (Charadrius melodus) of the season ...

Why Central Asian Flyway is relevant to the UPSC exam? What is the significance of topics such as India and Indonesia, ...

It is not often that one or two animals can be singled out for saving an entire species. But thanks to their exceptional ...

The Guam kingfisher, known locally as a sihek, was wiped out in its native habitat by the invasive brown tree snake.

Cormorant fledglings learn to fly at Miyun Reservoir in Beijing, capital of China, May 29, 2026. More than 5,000 birds at Miyun Reservoir have currently entered the breeding season. To protect these ...

People with strong bird identification skills are being asked to help count birds on five Missouri survey routes this summer, according to a community announcement issued by the Missouri Department of ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

A critically endangered bird that almost went extinct 30 years ago just recorded a major milestone: The kākāpō recovery program in New Zealand has celebrated the 105th kākāpō egg to hatch ‪—‬ the ...

In 2014, Felicity Newell joined the Florida Museum of Natural History as a doctoral student, then promptly left the country in search of a tropical spring. It's a concept she started thinking about ...

A University of Michigan study found noise pollution has a significant negative impact on wild birds. Noise can interfere with mating calls, parent-offspring communication, and predator detection.

A University of Michigan study finds noise pollution negatively impacts bird reproduction, communication, and stress levels. Bird populations in North America have already dropped by 3 billion since ...