On a handful of volcanic islands strung between Kyushu and Okinawa, a small olive-green warbler has been singing a song no ...

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Birders in 2025 rediscovered five species of birds that scientists hadn’t documented in the wild for at least 10 years, according to the latest update of the Lost Birds List. All of the “found” birds ...

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An Amazonian bird turned out to be five distinct species; two of them were previously unknown to the scientific community.

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New research out of Ohio State University found the rate of bird decline was quicker in areas with more intense agricultural ...

Merlin could disappear in worst-case scenario, with British isles facing ecological ‘point of no return’ The merlin, Britain’s smallest bird of prey, is one of more than 200 species that will become ...

Portland-based birder Thomas Meinzen started 2025 with a mission: To walk, bike and hop on public transit around Oregon to find as many bird species as possible as part of what’s known as a Big Year.

Five bird species disappeared for a decade or more - then suddenly showed up again in 2025.