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Partnering to Preserve Belize Maya Forest 236,000 acres of imperiled tropical rainforest now protected, boosting climate efforts and securing vital habitat for charismatic species including jaguar ARLINGTON, VA, April 22, 2021 — Decades ago, a radical idea was born to protect the Maya Forest in Belize. What if NGOs, the government, community leaders, and businesses could form a coalition to conserve one of the world’s last remaining pristine rainforests? Today, that dream is a reali...

 E-Mail ITHACA, N.Y. - House finches are locked in a deadly cycle of immunity and new strains of bacterial infection in battling an eye disease that halved their population when it first emerged 25 years ago, according to new research from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. House finch eye disease causes red, swollen, watery or crusty eyes. Afflicted birds can recover, but may die because they cannot see well enough to find food or avoid predators. The latest analyses, based on the observations o...

Updated April 23 Now cooing to a city near you: White-winged dove spotted in Gardiner The dove, with a distinctive white band on its wings and ring of blue around its eyes, is drawing birders to Gardiner for a rare spring sighting. Share A white-winged dove is seen recently in Gardiner. The bird is native to the Southwest, Mexico and Central America. Photo courtesy of Jeff Wells GARDINER — It takes an educated ear to hear the song of a single bird and realize it’s out of the ordinary. �...

Restoring Pollinator Habitats is Key to Feeding the Future By Martin Mundo | SVP, General Merchandise Manager, Produce and Global Produce Sourcing, Walmart U.S. Published 2 hours ago US Solar-owned, pollinator-friendly solar array in Minnesota. Photo courtesy Natural Resources Services / Fresh Energy. Imagine mornings without orange juice, summer picnics without strawberries or holiday dinners without apple pie. Such a future is possible if we don’t take collective action to begin restoring p...

Julia Rubin April 21, 2021 - 6:05 AM The new season of spring shows has begun, and viewership is way up by all accounts. We’re not talking about screens, which we’ve all been glued to during the pandemic. Less noticed is another trend: people tuning in to nature for quieter, real-life, high-stakes drama. From new Audubon field guides, updated for the first time in decades, to a book of poetry about insects, publishers are trying to meet this moment: Not onl...

Updated field guides, other titles lure readers outdoors JULIA RUBIN, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 9 1of9People wearing face masks as a precaution against COVID-19 walk beneath blossoming cherry trees along Columbus Boulevard in Philadelphia, Wednesday, April 14, 2021.Matt Rourke/APShow MoreShow Less 2of9This combination of cover images shows "Birds of North America," left, and "Trees of North America" by the National Audubon Society. (Knopf via AP)APShow MoreShow Less 3of...

Beneath a Wild Sky - Stories of Americas Lost Birds In Exhibit Featuring Audubon Prints SANTA BARBARA, California Subject Line Please provide verification code Email is invalid Great Auk, The Birds of America, John James Audubon, Bien edition, New York 1858-1860, lithograph. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. John James Audubon, whose name now is synonymous with wildlife conservation, wrote that in 1813 he observed Passenger Pigeons as they flew overhead in such massive flocks that they ...

Houston goes lights out across the city to help fine feathered friends Houston goes lights out across the city to help fine feathered friends Migrating birds need Houstonians help. Photo by Berri Moffett Environmentally minded locals, take note: birds need your help. Millions of our winged friends will migrate through the Bayou City and the Gulf Coast in the coming weeks, prompting “ Lights Out Nights,” which run now through May 7 — by order of Mayor Sylvester Turner. As the name impl...

Help protect the thousands of birds migrating through our region this season.  By Catherine Wendlandt 4/19/2021 at 11:50am It’s time to go dark, folks. The Houston Audubon and Mayor Sylvester Turner are asking Houstonians to turn off all nonessential lights on buildings from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. for the next couple of weeks. Why? To save nearly two billion birds making their way through Texas.  April 19 to May 7 is peak season for bird migration, and Houston is situated in the Centra...

Live streams of our feathered friends from all over the world have become surprise viral hits – tune in and relax