20-08-2011A disease spreading rapidly through the state’s bat population has led to a 70 percent decline in the number of…
19-08-2011Recent figures, from the annual Breeding Birds Survey carried out by the British Trust for Ornithology, show that between 1995…
18-08-2011This study attempted to: (1) establish an extensive database on what bird species are using agriculture, where they are found…
17-08-2011The guild of ‘aerial insectivores’ – birds that specialize on feeding on flying insects – includes Whip-poor-wills Caprimulgus vociferus, nighthawks,…
17-08-2011For decades now, Ontario’s skies have been losing not only whip-poor-wills Caprimulgus vociferus but many of their fellow aerial insectivores…
16-08-2011For the first time ever in Canada, the Whip-poor-will Caprimulgus vociferus has joined the ranks of bird species facing declines…
14-08-2011It is estimated that there are now around one million hedgehogs in Britain, representing a decline of 25 per cent…
14-08-2011A comprehensive survey of Tricolored Blackbirds Agelaius tricolor in California has confirmed that the population of the species has declined…
13-08-2011Among the Estonian multispecies indices, the woodland bird index shows a steady increase until 2000, followed by a moderate negative…
12-08-2011While the cuckoo Cuculus canorus is in serious decline south of the Border, new research shows that in Scotland the…
