Scientists scramble to save U.S. shorebird
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FORTESCUE, New Jersey  - A tiny shorebird is edging closer to extinction, threatened by fishermen who destroy its food staple for bait and loved by ornithologists who are drawn from around the world to count it.
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The latest tracking research from UK scientists may prove vital in protecting the endangered albatross.
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Hundreds of U.S. bird-lovers have  flocked to a New England resort island to catch a glimpse of a  rare falcon that appears to have made a wrong turn, ended up  half a world away and may never find its way home.
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Science & environment: Operation underway to halt a feared invasion of rats from destroying important seabird breeding station
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Scientists believe they could be a step closer to solving the mystery of how the first birds took to the air.
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Wildlife experts from around 60 countries gathered in Scotland Monday to push for an agreement to help save rare, migratory birds of prey.
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So goes the familiar holiday tune. Unfortunately, this holiday season, scientists are heralding bad news for birds. New research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
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After spending months in remote northwest Florida swamps searching for the ivory-billed woodpecker, researchers say they have seen and heard the rare bird once believed to be extinct.
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By John Dodge, The Olympian, Olympia, Wash.  Jun. 3--A colorful butterfly that is as imperiled as the prairie habitat it depends on is making a bit of a comeback here in South Sound.
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Researchers are planning the rescue of an endangered right whale first spotted off the Georgia coast earlier this week entangled in fishing gear.
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One of the rarest birds on Earth came closer to being wiped out &#151; if not already extinct &#151; with the death of one of the last three believed to exist, officials said.
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Urgent action is needed to prevent further declines in albatross and petrel populations, wildlife groups recommend.
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Biologists, smarting from research showing that they may have been protecting the wrong fish for decades, are regrouping in their efforts to restore a rare type of trout to Colorado waters.
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Some wildlife experts want to make the greater sage grouse an endangered species icon. Its Western habitat, unfortunately, is atop some of the nation&#39;s largest untapped natural gas fields.
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Last year&#39;s Christmas Bird Count in Missouri turned up a green heron, rarely seen in the state in the winter. Randy Korotev, one of the organizers, has no idea what birds will delight this year&#39;s counters.
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State wildlife officials are investigating the deaths of dozens of sea birds being found along Florida's east coast.
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Biologists have fought long and sometimes bitterly about how birds evolved -- but a new study published on Thursday suggests that their intellectual battle may have been all in vain.