WASHINGTON (AP) — Billions fewer birds are flying through North American skies than decades ago and their population is shrinking ever faster, mostly due to a combination of intensive agriculture and ...

Great egrets and little blue herons. Blue-winged warblers and yellow-bellied sapsuckers. Snowy owls and tropical kingbirds. Across North America, three-fourths of bird species are in decline, ...

(Beyond Pesticides, March 6, 2026) Does humanity want to live in a world without birds? This may seem like an extreme question, but a new study in Science concludes that, without changes in human ...

Migratory birds that fill North American forests with spring songs depend on Central America’s Five Great Forests far more than most people realize. New research shows these tropical strongholds ...

Though previous research has shown that bird populations are declining across North America, a new study is the first to show that the pace of loss has picked up speed since the mid-1980s in three ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. WASHINGTON — Billions fewer birds are flying through North American skies than decades ago and their numbers are ...

North American bird populations are not just shrinking; they are shrinking faster with each passing decade, and the worst losses now cluster in the continent’s most intensively farmed regions. A study ...

The migration of birds from their southern wintering grounds to their breeding grounds in the north is in full swing ...