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Tiny backpacks reveal the secret, sometimes circuitous migrations of small songbirds
4+ day, 10+ hour ago (657+ words) Squinting through my binoculars, I scanned the dense branches of a black spruce, trying my best to catch a glimpse of the thin legs of a small black, white and yellow songbird. I was on the hunt for a yellow-rumped…...
Satellite images show how penguins’ diets are changing in response to Antarctic climate change
1+ week, 2+ day ago (696+ words) The color of penguin poop, as seen from space, is offering a new window into how the ecology and the environment of Antarctica are changing over time. Adélie penguins are one of the most abundant predators in the Southern Ocean....
Using a radar satellite to track emperor penguins in winter is changing our understanding of the species
1+ week, 3+ day ago (598+ words) Freely available satellite radar imaging is being used for the first time to help track colonies of endangered emperor penguins in Antarctica throughout the winter months. Typically satellite images need sunlight to be useful, and Antarctica is dark in the…...
‘Frequently fumigate the hen-houses’: how ancient Greeks and Romans tried to treat sick birds
2+ week, 3+ day ago (837+ words) Since the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu was first confirmed in Australian wild birds in June, it has rapidly spread around the continent – and among different species. The virus has been linked to the deaths of more than 1,000 crested terns in…...
Antarctic krill fishing is now concentrated in the exact pattern conservation rules were designed to prevent
3+ week, 1+ day ago (587+ words) The companies fishing for Antarctic krill have harvested so much so quickly that the season had to close in August 2026, three months before it was scheduled to end. That’s the second consecutive year of an early closing. The fishing industry…...
How we found Haida Gwaii’s first marbled murrelet nest in more than 30 years
3+ week, 4+ day ago (900+ words) Scrambling through dense salal in the dark, weaving between the majestic western red cedars of northern Haida Gwaii, I could barely imagine where we were just days before — crossing Dixon Entrance off the coast in an open skiff, pushing head-on…...
More than 5,000 little penguins will be vaxxed against bird flu. How will this protect them?
3+ week, 4+ day ago (699+ words) A major push is underway to catch and vaccinate more than 5,000 little penguins in Victoria to protect them against the virulent H5N1 bird flu. Victorian wildlife officers will carry out vaccinations at little penguin colonies at Phillip Island and St Kilda,…...
NZ has spent years preparing for H5N1 bird flu. For some species, it may not be enough
3+ week, 5+ day ago (449+ words) With H5N1 now in New Zealand, protecting the most threatened birds will involve difficult decisions, careful prioritisation – and sometimes chance....