New Louisiana Bird Wails Like A Banshee But Eats Pest, Saving Crops
"Screechy, gangly bird gorges on invasive apple snails, helping wetlands and crawfish farms".
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, 04/12/2024
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"Global Stockpile of Cholera Vaccine Is Gone as Outbreaks Spread"
"Doses of cholera vaccine are being given to patients as fast as they are produced and the global stockpile has run completely dry, as deadly outbreaks of the disease continue to spread."
Source: NYTimes, 04/12/2024
"Bird Flu Spreads To Dairy Cows In Idaho, Michigan And New Mexico"
"A highly virulent bird flu first detected in dairy cows in Texas and Kansas this week has spread to additional herds, bringing the number of affected states to five and adding evidence the virus may be spreading cow-to-cow."
Source: Washington Post, 04/02/2024
"BLM Releases Long-Awaited Sage Grouse Protections"
"The Biden administration released its proposal Thursday to protect the greater sage grouse across the West, incorporating tough restrictions on oil and gas drilling and other land uses near the bird’s habitat."
Source: E&E News, 03/15/2024
"Scientists Confirm First Cases Of Bird Flu On Mainland Antarctica"
"Bird flu has reached mainland of Antarctica for the first time, officials have confirmed."
Source: Guardian, 02/28/2024
"This Texas Company Wants to Bring Species Back From the Dead"
"Proponents of the de-extinction movement press on with little research and lots of fanfare"
Source: Sierra, 02/26/2024
"Bird Flu Found In Penguins Near Antarctica, 200 Chicks Dead"
"A deadly type of bird flu has been found in gentoo penguins for the first time, according to the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), stoking concern that the virus could spread among Antarctica's huge penguin colonies."
Source: Reuters, 01/31/2024
"First Penguins Die In Antarctic Of Deadly H5N1 Bird Flu Strain"
"With confirmed or suspected cases in two Antarctic penguin species, researchers fear highly contagious virus could rip through colonies".
Source: Guardian, 01/30/2024
"Migratory Bird Rule Likely Shelved Until After November Election"
"A new rule imposing penalties for migratory bird killings associated with energy development, construction, and poaching is unlikely to be proposed by the Interior Department before the end of the current presidential term, legal experts say."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 01/24/2024
Analysis: "Bird Populations Are Declining. Some Are In Your Neighborhood."
"I’m on a Zoom call with a team of researchers from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, their gridded video feeds a sort of Hollywood Squares of bird nerds, and we’re discussing the decline and fall of North America’s bird population — a staggering loss of 3 billion breeding adults, or nearly 30 percent of the population, in just a half century — when all of a sudden Gus Axelson picks up his binoculars and peers out the window."
Source: Washington Post, 01/18/2024
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