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| Golden Eagle / Photo by Tom Koerner/USFWS |
- A new genetic study found that modern birds have their origins in South America and diversified rapidly around the same time that non-avian dinosaurs went extinct. You can read the study here.
- Tricolored Blackbirds will be considered for listing under California's Endangered Species Act due to their rapid population decline.
- The Medium Ground-Finch, one of the Darwin's finches in the Galapagos Islands, is threatened by an invasive parasitic fly.
- The Ivanpah solar plant, which killed 3,500 birds in its first year of operation, is having trouble meeting its power generation quotas.
- Birds and mammals adapt to hot or cold environments in ways other than size.
- Hummingbirds dissipate heat from their feet, from the areas where their wings met their bodies, and from around their eyes.
- The endangered Western Ground Parrot in Western Australia faces habitat loss from climate change.
- Climate change is also shrinking the ranges of Hawaii's endemic songbirds.
- There are new protected areas for penguins in Argentina.
- A Bald Eagle that was rescued from a New Jersey backyard had been shot in the leg.
- Not Exactly Rocket Science: Tool-Using Parrots Use Pebbles to Grind Seashells
- 10,000 Birds: Do birds avoid predators because of culture?
- Anything Larus: Head Shape on Large White-headed Gulls
- Backyard and Beyond: Painted Bunting
- Union Bay Watch: Nuthatch Delight
- Here is a list of important scientific events of the past year, starting with the climate change agreement.
- Here is some analysis of that agreement.
- The effects of El Niño are expected to intensify over the next three months in North America.
- Last month was the warmest November on record worldwide.
- Most conflicts between humans and bears can be avoided by not feeding bears or leaving trash around.
- New Jersey's BPU gave permission for the controversial Pinelands pipeline.
