For a few months of the year, the Alaskan Arctic becomes flooded with birds. From shorebirds to waterfowl, these avians arrive in the spring to breed, nest, and raise their young, and to take ...

Stacker compiled a list of the most common birds seen near feeders in Alaska using data from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Project FeederWatch. Birds are ranked by the percent of sites visited from ...

The loss of an estimated 4 million common murres during the marine heatwave known as the “Blob” was the biggest bird die-off in recorded history, and seven or eight years later, the population has not ...

High above the vast Pacific Ocean, far from any land, a small migratory bird performs one of the most extraordinary endurance feats known in the natural world. The Bar-tailed godwit, a shorebird ...

Despite what our eyes tell us when we look out the window, spring is on the way and so are the migratory birds that make ...

An international group of scientists mapped the spread of the current dominant strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza ...

About four million common murres were killed by a domino effect of ecosystem changes, and the population is showing no signs of recovery, according to new research. By Catrin Einhorn The first ...

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FAIRBANKS, Alaska -- Beneath a dim morning sky, Jonathan Runstadler trudged across the ice with a long fiberglass tube, some gardening tools and a smattering of plastic lab bottles. Months earlier, ...

Yereth Rosen Alaska Beacon Dec 20, 2024 Dec 20, 2024 The loss of an estimated 4 million common murres during the marine heatwave known as the “Blob” was the biggest bird die-off in recorded history, ...