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Dual threat facing endangered penguins

Just weeks after tsunami waves decimated albatross populations and less than a year after the BP oil spill affected wildlife in the Gulf, yet another disaster is jeopardizing endangered penguin…

Cats pose a huge risk to birds, study emphasizes

Any birder who’s been following the dangers of wind farms on birds might not be too familiar with the other major threat to birds: the house cat. Yes, a recent…

Wisdom survives tsunami waves, officials report

Yesterday, I posted about the tragic death of 110,000 birds on Midway Atoll as a result of the tsunami a few days ago. Among the many missing birds was Wisdom,…

110,000 seabirds devastated by tsunami waves

By now you’ve already heard about the sheer destruction in Japan after the massive earthquake and tsunami. While most people knew the devastation to animals, including dogs, would be enormous,…

Some birds don’t look straight while flying

In an article published today in Ibis: The International Journal of Aviation Science, scientists say that birds don’t look where they’re going while flying. A few weeks ago I looked…