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Webinar: NEW SERIES! Species Spotlight: The Patagonian Conure – Special Time 11AM PST Date: Friday, February 9, 2023 Special Time: 11:00 am PST (double-check your local time with this time zone converter) Join us for a FREE, live, interactive webinar hosted by Laura Doering, former editor of Bird Talk magazine and Birds USA magazine. Our

The LEGO® Macaw Parrots building set is part of its Fauna Collection. Lego has a magnificent history of releasing interesting new build sets featuring many facets of popular culture. Their colorful and innovative connecting bricks have covered things from fantasy elements, historical structures, creatures, flowers, and so many other ideas as to lose track of

Webinar: Phoenix Landing 2024 Wellness Retreat – A “Can’t Miss” for Bird Owners! Date: Friday, February 2, 2023 Time: 12:00 pm PST (double-check your local time with this time zone converter) Join us for a FREE, live, interactive webinar hosted by Laura Doering, former editor of Bird Talk magazine and Birds USA magazine. Our special

WCN’s California Wildlife Program (CWP) is excited to report that the first puma has been recorded using a recently-constructed wildlife crossing under CA Highway 17 in Santa Cruz County. A CWP grant to the Land Trust of Santa Cruz County made it possible to monitor the effectiveness of this important crossing, which has now been

Amazon parrot. Photo by Jon Leclainche on Unsplash As science grows smarter and more sophisticated, the study of many things becomes much more in-depth. We are now not only able to discover new and interesting reality traits, but science has further evolved to a point that allows for it to expand heavily on newfound pathways

A Green Jay perches on a branch on a cloudy summer day at the Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Reserve in the Rio Grande Valley of Southern Texas.Photo by Mark Olsen on Unsplash We’re fondly aware of our well-known and much-loved blue jay. They’re commonly found in the Eastern regions of North America. Its array of

Recently, the team at Rwanda Wildlife Conservation Association (RWCA) conducted a training course for Rwandan veterinarians on wild animal capture. This instruction will help them better assess the health of wildlife, intervene in situations where animals are in need of care, collect samples for analysis, and set up monitoring programs. And to guide them through

A Kentucky family was startled to learn that an owl was found in their Christmas tree! Surely the owl was startled to find itself indoors. Christmas holidays bring a rush of traditional joys that many in the world love to undertake. Things like decorating the house, hanging lights, and placing larger, usually lit things in

“Migration” hits theaters on December 22. Birds have had an exciting time of it at the movies. Over the years, birds and others have been featured in TV series (Fred the Cockatoo in Baretta, for one). More interesting is the array of animated films featuring birds. There have been a lot. These include bird-centric films

Jealous Mpofu adjusted his grip on the radio telemetry antenna jutting out of the window. The midday sun caused the truck’s metal door to sting his arm, but he ignored the discomfort. As PDC’s Chief Tracker and Field Manager, Jealous uses his extensive tracking skills to help Painted Dog Conservation (PDC) trace every inch of

“Unprecedented conservation triumph”: Saiga antelope reclassified from ‘Critically Endangered’ to ‘Near Threatened’ in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. This significant positive status change reflects the species’ remarkable recovery in Kazakhstan resulting from sustained ongoing conservation efforts, but action is still needed to ensure populations continue to improve across the species’ range Today, December

Do piped-in soundtracks at zoos affect the animals?Photo by Nikola Johnny Mirkovic on Unsplash Recently, I edited a special issue of the journal Interaction Studies on the subject of animal -computer interfaces. The papers centered on dogs and birds, only because two of the promised papers on, respectively, dolphins and apes failed to materialize. (Yes,

Setting down the life-sized inflatable dolphin, Dr. Vivian Kuit directed the onlookers toward the beach. A volunteer laid supine along the sand, clad in flippers and a fake dorsal fin. Marine mammals often strand themselves along Malaysia’s long coastline, and as a Scientific Officer for MareCet, leading stranding response workshops for locals is one of

Original article published by Saiga Conservation Alliance; joint press release available here. In a rare and remarkable conservation success, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has reclassified the saiga antelope (Saiga tatarica) from Critically Endangered to Near Threatened on the Red List, signifying a substantial global recovery for the species. This positive shift,

We all know that parrots are ultra-smart. We’ve seen a lot of the researched data and have had a lot of personal interaction; enough to plant it firmly that these birds are much smarter than we have ever realized in the past. We have reports of one bird, Alex, while under the tutelage of Dr.

Pale dust plumed as the Saiga Conservation Alliance (SCA) team pulled their vehicles off the main road, arriving at two artesian wells. This water source is one of the few found in what was once Uzbekistan’s Aral Sea, now a vast region of sand and salt. The team looked around, awed by the sight of

A recently released Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao) perches on a tree branch in the Monts Azules Biosphere Reserve, Chajul, Mexico, by Natura Mexicana. Photo by Rodrigo León Two organizations, The Macaw Society and The Mesoamerican Society for Biology and Conservation, have come together to focus specifically on how to increase knowledge about releasing confiscated parrots

Right now, tens of thousands of world leaders, NGOs, scientists, and businesses have converged in Dubai for the annual UN Climate Change Conference—or COP 28, since this is the 28th meeting—to discuss solutions to the global climate crisis and ways humanity can limit global temperature increase to 1.5ºC above pre-industrial levels, in accordance with the

Recently, President Biden issued a letter to Congress stating that the Chinese government has failed to adequately curb the trade of illegal pangolin products, which undermines the effectiveness of pangolin conservation measures from the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). Pangolins are the most illegally trafficked mammal in

A Kittiwake in flight over the ocean.Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons We often hear the tales of noncaring and willful teardown of important habitat locations for birds to construct things meant for the critical needs of expansive human needs. With those, we run strong, sometimes overpowering risks that – sadly –

Image courtesy Luis Ortiz-Catedral The Cook Islands is a self-governing island country in the South Pacific Ocean in free association with New Zealand, which it relies upon for its defense. It is comprised of 15 islands split between two groups, with a total land area of 237 square km or 91 square miles. Last year,

Webinar: Fun for the Holidays! Annual Pet Bird Holiday Gift Guide & Giveaway SPECIAL DATE: Wednesday, December 20, 2023 SPECIAL TIME: 11:00 am PST (double-check your local time with this time zone converter) Join us for a FREE, live, interactive webinar hosted by Laura Doering, former editor of Bird Talk magazine and Birds USA magazine.

Webinar: Translating Parrot: The Challenges of the Green-cheeked Conure Date: Friday, December 8, 2023 Time: 12:00 pm PST (double-check your local time with this time zone converter) Join us for a FREE, live, interactive webinar hosted by Laura Doering, former editor of Bird Talk magazine and Birds USA magazine. Our special guest, Pamela Clark, is

Skull of the terror bird (Paraphysornis brasiliensis)Nestor Galina from Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons The age of dinosaurs was far more than just infamous species like the fearsome Tyrannosaurus Rex, the gentle Brontosaurus, the flying Pterodactyls, and the Jurassic Park staging of the reptile-like Velociraptor, which dominate pop culture. Emerging fossil

Webinar: Translating Parrot: Behavior 101 – Why Does My Parrot Do That? Date: Friday, December 1, 2023 Time: 12:00 pm PDT (double-check your local time with this time zone converter) Join us for a FREE, live, interactive webinar hosted by Laura Doering, former editor of Bird Talk magazine and Birds USA magazine. Our special guest,

African grey parrot. Photo by Umar Kashif on Unsplash Recently, I was asked to present a Plenary talk at an international bioacoustics conference. Given that I hadn’t studied bioacoustics in over twenty-five years, and that the research on which the published papers were based—on how parrots produce human speech—was primarily performed by undergraduate and graduate

With the holiday season upon us, now is the time to show our nearest and dearest how much they mean to us. It’s the perfect time to make them feel incredibly special, and what could be better than doing so with gifts that also give back to local communities and wildlife? Here at Wildlife Conservation

The McCown’s Longspur is now known as the Thick-billed Longspur. It is one of many bird species native to the U.S. and Canada to receive a new, especially for species named after controversial historical figures.Andeansolitaire, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons The naming convention for a few of the world’s many species of birds has

Native only to northwestern Colombia, cotton-top tamarins are one of the most endangered primates in the world. CNN recently covered these tiny monkeys on one of their Call to Earth episodes featuring Rosamira Guillen, Executive Director of Proyecto Tití (PT), and discussed her efforts to protect these monkeys and their habitat. A cotton-top tamarin and

A Santa Marta conure perches in a tree in its native Colombia. Image by William Stephens CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons. The Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (SNSM) in northern Colombia has a one-of-a-kind ecosystem, unique because it is the world’s most elevated coastal mountain formation. Independent of the Andes mountain range central to