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A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposal to kill some 470,000 owls over 30 years to protect other owl species has prompted conservationists and animal welfare advocates to weigh the consequences.

In the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, flocks of colorful macaws that once brightened city skies now face disappearing nest sites — and with them, a unique urban bond.

Many economists and business leaders are raising alarms about falling birthrates. But advocates for lower human populations say a less crowded world will be happier and more sustainable.

Racing requires a pair of pigeons. The male is the racer, and he flies back to the female during the race. But some Indonesian men love this sport so much, it's been blamed for a rise in divorce.

John Latimer's official weekly assessment of nature.

Students and listeners from across the state send in their phenology reports.

Federal prisons saw a significant rise in deaths during the pandemic years, NPR found. Of those who died from COVID-19, nearly all were elderly or had health conditions, and many had tried to get out.

we begin a new series on climate change with a focus on forestry and carbon. Mark Jacobs is our producer.

Popular slogans and ad campaigns have urged the public to save honeybees. But reports suggest those efforts were directed at saving the wrong bees.

Laura Erickson joins the Tuesday Morning show to talk about hawks, her love of Blue Jays, and all about Hawk Ridge's 50th anniversary!

The researchers say that when the highly intelligent kea parrots hear a call associated with play, they start playful tussling, aerial acrobatics, or throwing objects into the air.

The United Nations effort to achieve "harmony" with the natural world kicks off in Colombia this week. Recent reports show there's a lot of work to do to achieve that goal.

There's a man-made island near Charleston that's now serving as a sanctuary for thousands of shorebirds. It's one beneficial way to use soil from dredging rivers.

The price of eggs has risen by about 28% in the past year, largely due to outbreaks of avian flu. Those prices could continue to climb during the holidays, as demand for baked goods increases.

Decades of citizen science in Alaska helped researchers figure out how one of the biggest wildlife die-offs -- that of the seabird the common murre -- unfolded.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Bette Midler about her new children's book, The Tale of the Mandarin Duck, a fable about a diva who catches the eye of New Yorkers.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Bette Midler about her children's book, The Tale of the Mandarin Duck.

A new study from Oxford University finds that a common European songbird sometimes divorces its partner between breeding seasons.

Twenty-five penguins were en route from the Indianapolis Zoo to a new home in Galveston, Texas, when the refrigerated truck carrying them overturned. Four of them died, but the survivors are squawking and walking and doing remarkably well.