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Verde Bald Eagles lost
Arizona eagles have good year despite Verde failures. story



Why the phalarope spins
Phalaropes start their meals by spinning in circles on the surface of the water. ..story



Young Birds Babble Like Babies
The happy babbling that entertains parents as their babies try to mimic speech turns out to have a parallel in the animal world... story



Beck's Petrel rediscovered
last seen in the 1920s and long thought to be extinct, the seabird has been rediscovered near Papua New Guinea.story



Antarctic DDT Tainting Penguins
"Poisonous chemicals that had been locked in ice for decades are now being released as climate change melts Antarctic glaciers, researchers report.".story



Killer mice threaten giant birds
the common house mice on Gough - dubbed "super mice" because of their size - are eating alive defenceless chicks sitting on their nests.story


Tejon Ranch deal saves 240,000 acres
"Tejon Ranch Co. and five environmental groups have agreed to permanent conservation of 90 percent of the giant ranch.".story



Migratory birds energy saving strategies
The costs of migration are enormous: in small songbirds. A one-way trip takes 3.2 million wing beats.story



Cahow returns to Nonsuch Island (Bermuda) after 400 years
Nonsuch Island has undergone ecological restoration over the last 45 years, with the replanting of native and endemic trees and plants. “This has now formed a young closed-canopy forest.story



Hi-tech bird tracker breakthrough
"The importance of this system is its ability to monitor animals autonomously over greater distances and more frequently and consistently that previously possible".story



Rooks team up to solve food puzzle
"cooperating on a single task to get food is something only primates have been thought capable of. Now it turns out that rooks, like chimps, can cooperate with each other".story



Scientists find first "grandparenting" birds
researchers now want to look into why some females keep breeding and why others seem to lose their breeding rights only to become grandparent helpers...story


Biologist asks religious right to join forces with science to save the planet.
"The message is simple: let us bury our differences to save the world. It is as if Ian Paisley had written to the Pope for help in dealing with local hooligans.". story

Slashed state budgets mean charitable giving is local wildlife's best hope..
Donate to Northern Arizona Audubon's environmental program

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