The Guardian • 2026-03-04

‘A real dark situation to be in’: thousands of starving seabirds stranded in biggest ‘wreck’ in a decade

Puffins, guillemots, razorbills and terns are washing up on shores across Europe, after a string of storms affected their ability to find food

Los Angeles Times • 2026-03-04

North America is losing birds fast. Experts blame agriculture, warming

A new study finds North American bird populations keep dropping, and that decline is accelerating for many species.

The Guardian • 2026-03-03

Wild-born birds recruited to teach critically endangered regent honeyeaters their lost songs

Researchers hope restoring the original song will improve breeding prospects for birds released into the wild

Los Angeles Times • 2026-02-25

Celebrity eagle Jackie lays another egg after ravens destroy Big Bear couple's first clutch

Bald eagle matriarch Jackie laid an egg on Tuesday afternoon, marking a joyous turnaround for a nesting season so far marked by tragedy.

Los Angeles Times • 2026-02-24

A bumper berry harvest has New Zealand's weird flightless parrot in a rare mood for romance

Through intensive efforts, New Zealand conservationists have been fighting for years to keep the kakapo, the world’s only flightless parrot, from disappearing.

The Guardian • 2026-03-02

‘I love midges because I know what their hearts look like’: is the passion for taxonomy in danger of dying out?

Insect taxonomist Art Borkent has described and named more than 300 species of midges but fears his field of science is dying out, despite millions of insects, fungi and other organisms waiting to be discovered