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Over the past 50 years, modern intensified agriculture has used new technology and mechanisation, changes in farming practices and operations and agrochemical inputs—weedicides, insecticides, and pesticides—to increase global food production.

When I emerge from an art gallery or a museum, the world around me looks different. Leaving the Metropolitan Museum of Art late one afternoon, the col

Recently, Id occasionally heard, then saw, birds flying overhead, but I couldnt identify them. They were small, and far too high to identify by sight, but the calls were familiar.

Two species were the highlight. Local bird experts (and some valuable mobile resources) made sure I didn't miss them.

Jersey Shore, Pa. — Shirley Rae Whitnack, aged 88, of Jersey Shore passed away peacefully with her family in Jersey Shore Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center on Saturday, October 21,

Birds nesting in agricultural settings were significantly less likely to successfully raise their young during extreme heat events than birds nesting in forests under the same weather conditions, a new

The solstice is often used as a way to mark the first day of winter, but many birders look to the sky instead.

LANSING — The Great Lakes region’s more than 300 bird species may provide valuable mental health benefits. A recent study from Carleton University in Onta

A brown creeper is a camouflage expert—it moves up tree trunks hunting for insects. Learn how to identify these tough-to-spot backyard birds.

As climate change intensifies extreme heat, farms are becoming less hospitable to nesting birds, a new study found. That could be another barrier to maintaining rapidly eroding biodiversity that also provides benefits to humans, including farmers who get free pest control when birds eat agricultural pests. Researchers who examined data on over 150,000 nesting attempts…