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What’s Good for Birds Is Good for People and the Planet. But More Than Half of Bird Species in the U.S. Are in Decline

A Cornell scientist calls the situation alarming but remains hopeful better environmental stewardship can help birds recover. Plus, nature rescuing itself, a (hopeful) dystopian climate musical and harvesting water from the air.

By Katelyn Weisbrod

Greater sage grouse jockey for position during mating season on the Mcstay ranch in Craig, Colorado in 2015. Credit: Joe Amon/The Denver Post via Getty Images
A flock of birds flies over the border between Eagle Pass, Texas, and Piedras Negras, Coahuila state, Mexico, on Feb. 16, 2019. Credit: Julio Cesar Aguilar/AFP via Getty Images

Warming Trends: Tracking Bird Migration in the Night Sky, Plus the Olympic Mountains’ Rapidly Shrinking Glaciers and a Podcast Focused on Florida’s Polluted Environment

By Katelyn Weisbrod

A researcher measures the size of a variegated antpitta in the Amazon Rainforest. Credit: Vitek Jirinec

Warming Trends: Elon Musk Haggles Over Hunger, How Warming Makes Birds Smaller and Wings Longer, and Better Glitter From Nanoparticles

By Katelyn Weisbrod

Emily Choy releases a thick-billed murre after measuring its physiological response to heat on Coats Island, Nunavut, Canada. Credit: Douglas Noblet

Can Arctic Animals Keep Up With Climate Change? Scientists are Trying to Find Out

By Haley Dunleavy

Waste grain is left in harvested fields on Staten Island in the California Delta as forage for greater sandhill cranes, a state listed endangered species. Credit: Liza Gross

California Farmers Work to Create a Climate Change Buffer for Migratory Water Birds

By Liza Gross

Smoky skies from the northern California wildfires turn the sky a glowing orange in San Francisco, California on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. Credit: Ray Chavez/MediaNews Group/The Mercury News via Getty Images

As Wildfire Smoke Blots Out the Sun in Northern California, Many Ask: ‘Where Are the Birds?’

By Deborah Petersen

Robin. Credit: Bob Berwyn

In a Race Against Global Warming, Robins Are Migrating Earlier

By Bob Berwyn

A common murre flaps its wings in the waters of Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska. Credit: Dave Walsh/VW Pics/Universal Images Group/Getty Images

Dead Birds Washing Up by the Thousands Send a Warning About Climate Change

By Sabrina Shankman

Alberta Canada Tar Sands Birds

The Tar Sands' Deadly Ponds

By Andrew Nikiforuk

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