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Migratory bird patterns are shifting as temperatures increase in North America, leaving birds to find new sources of food and adjust to the warmer climate, according to a new study
Birds that rely on aquatic insects for food have declined for decades.
Two new projects will use over $500,000 to help the declining pheasant population in Illinois by improving habitat, experts say.
Scientists are looking at the diet of bank swallows to understand what is causing their population decline.
The third part of a 5-part series on trans-border U.S. and Canadian environmental research projects.
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service has logged more than 1,000 public comments on a proposed rule that would give state agencies more choices in controlling cormorants that some anglers complain eat too many fish in the Great Lakes and inland waters. New options
would include lethal means.
A proposal crawling through the Michigan Legislature would require a $25 stamp for pheasant hunting, with the proceeds earmarked to stock the birds on state-owned land and to improve their habitat.
Researchers found man-made debris in the stomachs of baby cormorants from both urban and remote areas.
A new study points to the importance of how birds use their own odors to communicate.
A recent study done in the Great Lakes highlights the importance of waterbird hotspot conservation.