News about birds
Jun
2025
Restoring a River, Reconnecting a Community Along the Shores of Lake Michigan
In Gary, Indiana, Audubon and partners are working on a vision for restoration rooted in community and climate resilience.
Jun
2025
To Solve the Mallard's Mysterious Decline, Researchers Turn to Hi-Tech Trackers
Biologists are using the devices to better understand the bird's behavior and, ultimately, what might be driving our most common duck's population drop.
Jun
2025
World Albatross Day: The Life and Challenges of an Albatross
Albatrosses are impressive, long-lived birds that cover huge distances across oceans! From chicks to migrating adults, we can tackle the threats facing these birds.
Jun
2025
Major Win for Our Ocean: Third UN Ocean Conference closes with wave of commitments
Read on to find out what happened at the Third UN Ocean Conference last week.
Jun
2025
If the next EU budget fails nature, it will fail us all
The next EU budget, will shape Europe’s priorities beyond 2027. Right now, one of our most critical needs is being dangerously overlooked: restoring and …
Jun
2025
Grow food, not problems: Europe’s next agricultural policy must work for nature
Europe's food and farming systems stand at a crossroads. Mounting challenges, from climate shocks and biodiversity loss to geopolitical instability, are exposing just how …
Jun
2025
Looming Federal Cuts Threaten the Bird Banding Lab, a Cornerstone of Avian Science
For more than a century, the USGS program has revealed crucial insights about where birds go, how they’re faring, and what we can do …
Jun
2025
Investing in Working Lands for Birds, Habitat, and Rural Communities
Farmers and ranchers lead Audubon's first-ever Farm Bill Fly-in
Jun
2025
AviList unites the world’s bird species
The publication of AviList means that for the first time ever, we have a unified global checklist of the species of bird found on …
Jun
2025
Why Federal Bird Science Deserves Our Strongest Support
For decades, two programs from the U.S. Geological Survey have provided essential information about birds. They must continue to be fully funded.
Jun
2025
Speeding up renewables without harming nature – Letter to Commissioner Jørgensen
BirdLife Europe and six other environmental NGOs have sent a letter to the European Commissioner for Energy and Housing, Dan Jørgensen, with a clear …
Jun
2025
20 years of our agreement with hunters – Is it still worth it?
Twenty years ago, BirdLife and FACE – the European Federation of Hunters’ Organisations – signed an agreement that raised eyebrows on all sides. It …
Jun
2025
Celebrating the Little Fish that Serve as the Beating Heart of the Ocean
This World Oceans Day, Congress is supporting forage fish and the seabirds that rely on them.
Jun
2025
Colorado River Talks Must Continue as Deadlines Loom
Creativity and collaboration needed to share a smaller river
Jun
2025
Debunking the myths: Why an EU ban on lead is justified and overdue
The proposal to ban lead ammunition and fishing weights in the EU sparks debate between Member States. But the claims are unfounded, as science …
Jun
2025
Small Grants for Grasslands Conservation 2025: Fourteen projects to restore and protect South America's grasslands
From flooded savannas in Colombia to the Patagonian steppe in Argentina, meet the 14 projects selected in the third edition of BirdLife’s Small Grants …