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| Wild Turkeys / Photo by Brandon Jones/USFWS |
- Balloon fragments are the most likely type of plastic to kill seabirds, and they make up one part of a large plastic problem.
- Exposure to methylmercury changes how Yellow-rumped Warblers migrate.
- Land in Australia that is slated to become a coal energy plant is one of the few remaining strongholds for the critically endangered Regent Honeyeater.
- The many varieties of Dark-eyed Juncos seem to be distinct populations in the process of becoming species.
- Use of the right materials can make glass-covered buildings less dangerous to birds.
- The flowers of Anza-Borrego Desert State Park in California host caterpillars that have become a feast for migrating Swainson's Hawks.
- This year Kakapos laid 217 eggs and hatched 48 chicks, which sets a new record since the start of the recovery program.
- A new study compares the effects of invading Barred Owls and habitat destruction on Northern Spotted Owls.
- The rediscovery of a rare Stresemann’s Bristlefront suggests that conservation efforts are helping that species and possibly others.
- Most of the microbes in hummingbird feeders are not harmful, but they should still be cleaned regularly because of the few that are.
- Swifts may stay in the air without landing for 2 or 3 months at a time.
- Scientists have begun the process of relocating some Seychelles Paradise-Flycatchers to a new island to prevent their extinction.
- Over 100 bird species worldwide are threatened by the conversion of habitat to agriculture and forestry.
- Vermont Center for Ecostudies: A Field Guide to March 2019
- Avian Hybrids: Are Mallards driving Black Ducks to genetic extinction?
- Bug Eric: Beat The Winter Blues With An Indoor Bug Hunt
- The Prairie Ecologist: Dating Sites for Prairies?
- Shorebirder: CT's Next 15 Birds - Twelve Years Later!
- Bird Ecology Study Group: Black-crowned Night-heron casts a pellet
- 10,000 Birds: Birding or Birdwatching? A Backyard Realization
- Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography: An Orange-crowned Warbler Foraging on Utah Serviceberries
- Interesting Ducks: Duck Hollow Comics
- Light pollution affects aquatic insects by reducing their nocturnal activity.
- Chimpanzee cultures tend to disappear when humans hunt them or fragment their habitat.
- Insects are the foundation of many food webs, so eliminating habitats for them threatens the ecosystems they support.
- Over 100 Australian possums died in an extreme heat wave last week.
- Despite some initial success, the restoration of red wolves to the southeast has run into political problems and armed resistance.
- Videos of spiders eating weird things (like the recent one featuring a mouse opossum) provide a window into food webs.
- A group of Australian scientists presents recommendations for preventing further extinctions (many of which are applicable elsewhere).
- Marine heat waves are becoming more frequent (especially in El Niño years) and each one causes a loss of marine life.
- Even without their contribution to climate change, coal plants are a constant threat to groundwater (and surface water).
- The Interior Department plans to remove endangered species protections from all gray wolves in the Lower 48 states. While wolves are thriving in some parts of the country, that only represents a small portion of their historic range, and hunting pressure may keep them from repopulating the rest of it.
- Only 15 species have been given endangered species protections since the start of the Trump administration, which is the slowest rate since the Reagan administration.
- Native Alaskans are suing to stop the Trump administration's decision to expand oil drilling in the Arctic.
- In related news, the Trump administration is opening habitat that had been set aside for Greater Sage-Grouse to oil and gas drilling.
- A federal report predicts that New Jersey will face $1.6 billion in annual damage from back bay flooding alone without work to mitigate flooding.
- New Jersey is adding protections for 750 miles of waterways, partly to protect freshwater mussels.
- New Jersey is suing Exxon again, this time for dumping in Gloucester County. A previous suit was settled by the Christie administration for far less than the damage done.
- Conversion of the B.L. England coal-fired energy plant in Cape May County had been the ostensible reason for building a natural gas pipeline through the Pinelands; now the plant might be used for wind energy instead.
