Alaska Researchers Try to Breed Rare Ducks
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Researchers at the Alaska Sealife Center are getting an education in the sex lives of a rare sea duck species that is disappearing from its nesting grounds in Alaska.
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Scientists are  struggling to explain the rare death of 17 loons in New  Hampshire, saying warm weather may have confused the threatened  species of bird which typically heads to the ocean for winter.
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following is a statement from Mike Daulton, the director of conservation policy, National Audubon Society:   "The court's preliminary decision gives a reprieve to some of the most sensitive habitat in Alaska.
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German scientists plan to help endangered geese find a safer passage for their winter migration south from Finland and Sweden by making them believe that a light aircraft, which will lead the way, is their ...
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A bird species new to science has been found by researchers on a remote island in the northern Philippines.
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With its great plains of concrete and endless shopping malls, Long Island would seem an unlikely location for wildlife research. Yet this winter a team of waterfowl biologists will follow
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By Peter B. Lord; Journal Environment Writer  The findings serve to underline the importance of Rhode Island's efforts to save the piping plover.
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By JOE MACALUSO  If you're wondering why teams of biologists spend so much time doing work like banding mottled ducks, then look outside Louisiana to find the big reason.  Mottled ducks are native here. The don't migrate.
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By Alex de Marban Anchorage Daily News  ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- The days of state-sanctioned sea lion hunts are long gone in Alaska, but fishermen and hunters who gunned down the sea lions are suspects in the latest study about the animal's crash.
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Mallard ducks in Pennsylvania have   tested positive for a low-pathogenic strain of the H5N1 bird   flu virus, the U.S. Agriculture and Interior departments said   on Saturday, adding to cases detected recently in Maryland and   Michigan.
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Mallard ducks in Maryland have   tested positive for bird flu, apparently a common, less   pathogenic strain that poses no risk to humans, the U.S.   Agriculture and Interior departments said on Friday.
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Idaho Department of Fish and Game biologists expect to find valuable clues to explain the gradual disappearance of sage grouse in the West by sorting through thousands of the birds' wings.
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A new Audubon study is one of the most comprehensive looks at bird-population trends in North America.
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Today in Anchorage, Alaska, international researchers will convene to discuss the use of the latest advances in genetic analysis technology to address the conservation and management of wild salmon in the Pacific Ocean.
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While "serious" birders in the U.S. disdain non-native ducks and geese, one birding columnist enjoys observing the many species that have made California their home.
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Wildlife managers are looking to contraception as a way to control nuisance animals.
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U.S. agriculture officials said on   Friday that tests found the H5N1 avian influenza virus in   mallard ducks in Maryland but it appeared to be a   low-pathogenic strain that posed no risk to humans.