Efforts to stop the closure and demolition of a Cabarrus County elementary school have gained some avian allies. “I think it’s just irresponsible to demolish it when there’s a lawsuit that’s pending,” one parent said. MORE: Class action lawsuit tied to plans to close Cabarrus County school A flock of Chimney Swifts have decided to […]
Long considered a Garden of Eden for migratory birds, the Vain Lagoon along the northern Albanian coast has been increasingly abandoned by a range of species as rising temperatures wreak havoc on wetlands across the country. Millions of birds pass through Albanian lagoons and estuaries during flights north every year, providing critical grounds for migratory […]
The population of nearly half of all migratory species is declining globally, according to a new report from the United Nations. The report from the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) released Monday found that 44 percent of the species listed by CMS are in population decline. Migratory species are animals that rely […]
Feb. 12 (UPI) — Nearly half of the more than 1,100 migratory species that signatories to a United Nations treaty are pledged to protect are in decline and one in five may become extinct, the U.N. Environment Program said Monday. The first State of the World’s Migratory Species report blames hunting, fishing and farming and […]
From African elephants searching for water, to turtles crossing seas to nest, to albatrosses on their ocean-spanning searches for food, the world’s migratory species are under threat across the planet, according to a landmark report Monday. The first-ever State of the World’s Migratory Species assessment, which focusses on the 1,189 species covered by the U.N. […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly half of the world’s migratory species are in decline, according to a new United Nations report released Monday. Many songbirds, sea turtles, whales, sharks and other migratory animals move to different environments with changing seasons and are imperiled by habitat loss, illegal hunting and fishing, pollution and climate change. About 44% […]
While South Florida slept on any given night this fall, so many birds migrated overhead that they were regularly visible on weather radar. More than half of America’s birds make the journey to Latin America and the Caribbean and back each year, everything from tiny hummingbirds to globetrotting shorebirds, powerful peregrine falcons to jewel-colored warblers […]