Halloween Fake Spider Webs Can Snag Wildlife: Safer Outdoor Decoration Ideas
Fine synthetic Halloween web can entangle small wildlife and become plastic litter. Use these safer decoration choices and know what to do if an animal is caught.
Mystery Bald Eagle Spends 30 Minutes Rearranging Shadow’s Big Bear Nest
Mystery Bald Eagle Rearranges Sticks in Shadow’s Big Bear Nest Months After Jackie’s Death Jackie and Shadow‘s Big Bear nest has a new mystery visitor. An unidentified adult bald eagle spent about 30 minutes moving sticks inside the nest on
Miami Airport Bird-Smuggling Case: Cuban Man Charged
A traveler arriving at Miami International Airport from Havana was arrested after U.S. federal agents discovered 10 live birds concealed in plastic containers sewn
Judi Dench Demands Petco End Bird Sales After PETA Alleges 1,400 Deaths at Breeding Facility in 27 Days
Dame Judi Dench has written directly to Petco CEO Joel Anderson demanding the retail chain end all live bird sales, after a PETA undercover
Federal Raven Depredation Permits Go Statewide After Years of Agencies Filing the Same Application for Each Conflict
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Creates Statewide Permit Path for Common Raven Conflicts Common ravens remain protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, although the agency can authorize limited lethal take under
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Jackie the Bald Eagle Receives Life-Saving Blood Transfusion from Zoo Eagle Spirit: Recovery Update
Big Bear's Jackie bald eagle (Patient 26-519) receives blood transfusion from Spirit, a zoo eagle at CALM in Bakersfield. Recovery: perching and eating.
Trump Interior RIF Plan Puts 2,050 Jobs On The Line—132 At Fish And Wildlife Service
Court Filings • Case 3:25-cv-08302-SI Trump Administration Moves to Cut Over 2,000 Wildlife Conservation Jobs A federal judge issued a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) pausing Interior Department reduction-in-force (RIF) actions. Court filings
Australian Bird Of The Year 2025: Tawny Frogmouth wins with 11.8k — see the full final-round split and top-10
Australian Bird of the Year 2025: Tawny Frogmouth Takes the Crown Final vote placed the tawny frogmouth ahead of Baudin’s black cockatoo and the gang-gang cockatoo after 313,000+ total votes. Final Round:
Tawny Frogmouth Wins Australia’s Bird Of The Year 2025 With 11,851 Votes—Top-10 And Tight Margins Inside
Wildlife Tawny Frogmouth wins Australia’s Bird of the Year 2025 Final votes, quick facts & how to join the Aussie Bird Count (20–26 October 2025). 📅 October 16, 2025 ⏱️ ~3 min
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IUCN Red List 2025: 61% Bird Decline, Arctic Seals Uplisted; “Conservation Works” As Green Turtle Rebounds
IUCN Red List Arctic Seals Threatened, Birds Decline Globally; Green Sea Turtle Rebounds Press release • 10 Oct 2025 • Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Feature image placed near the title; source:
Black-Capped Petrel Habitat Protection is a Year Overdue; Lawsuit Alleges Feds Are ‘Dragging Their Heels’
The Center for Biological Diversity sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service this week for failing to designate critical habitat for the endangered black-capped petrel, a rare seabird threatened by multiple environmental
Most Threatened North American Bird Habitats Identified in First-Ever Red WatchList as Species Face 40% Decline
American Bird Conservancy (ABC) has created the first formal ranking system to identify the most threatened bird habitats across the United States and Canada. Called the Habitats WatchList, this new tool pairs
Birds Share Universal ‘Whining’ Alarm Call Against Nest Parasites Across 53 Million Years of Evolution
A remarkable discovery shows that birds across four continents use nearly identical “whining” alarm calls to warn others about parasitic birds near their nests. This finding, published October 3 in Nature Ecology
Federal Judge Rules USFWS ‘Shortchanged’ Streaked Horned Larks by Ignoring Small Population Extinction Risk
A federal judge has ruled that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) wrongly listed the streaked horned lark as “threatened” instead of “endangered.” The court ordered the agency to reconsider the