From 探花精选 Magazine

A plain, gray bird perches on a thin, curvy branch.
New Analysis Reveals That 鈥楤eautiful' Birds Are Studied Much More Than 鈥楧rab鈥 Species
April 25, 2025 — A study reviewing 50 years of scientific literature shows that familiar, visually appealing avians are the subject of three times more research than their plainer cousins.
Conservation News
Closeup of a Kirtland's Warbler perched on a thin branch.
Inbreeding Poses Another Challenge to the Rebounding Kirtland鈥檚 Warbler
April 14, 2025 — Whole-genome analysis raises concerns about the rare songbird, the authors of a recent study say, but could also help with recovering vulnerable species.
Conservation Challenges
An aerial view of a snowy St. Matthew Island with a tiny spec of a human in the distance.
The Search for One of North America's Rarest Birds
March 31, 2025 — Scientists must journey to remote islands in the middle of the Bering Sea, braving uncertain conditions, to reach the breeding grounds of McKay's Buntings.
Photo Essay
A group of 20 juvenile Brown Pelicans are herded by Alex DeLuca in a beachy landscape.
Ready and Able
March 25, 2025 — The time to spring into action is before it鈥檚 too late.
Editor鈥檚 Note
An American Robin stretches its wings as it flies past a blooming tree with white buds.
Our Connected Planet
March 25, 2025 — Birds tell a story about the health of the environment. We鈥檙e listening.
探花精选 View
An aerial landscape dotted with small bodies of water.
Birding Bucket List: Tour America's 鈥楧uck Factory' in the Bird-Packed Prairie Pothole Region
March 25, 2025 — Glacier-carved fields and ephemeral wetlands provide a crucial stopover for long-distance migrants and prolific breeding grounds for a wide variety of duck species and other waterfowl.
Destinations
Four researchers kneeling in sand secure a Brown Pelican by its beak and prepare to swab its mouth.
North Carolina's Cape Fear River Is a 鈥楩orever Chemical鈥 Hotspot鈥擶hat Does That Mean for Its Birds and People?
March 25, 2025 — Amid mounting global health concerns about PFAS, communities living along the waterway must grapple with how contamination is affecting life on the river. Yet as hard as it is to conduct health studies on humans, it鈥檚 even harder with wild animals.
Feature Stories
A long line of students, books in hand, walk from their schoolhouse through a grassy field.
How an Indigenous Community in the Amazon Created a Bird Guide of Their Own
March 25, 2025 — Inspired by naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace鈥檚 visit nearly two centuries ago, an isolated Indigenous community in Brazil worked with scientists to survey local birds and document cultural traditions. In doing so, they flipped the script of how research gets done.
Feature Stories
Partially hidden by brown grass and shrubbery, a Lesser Prairie-Chicken with its patterned, striped feathers dances to attract a mate.
In the Great Plains, Landowners Are Banking On the Lesser Prairie-Chicken鈥檚 Survival
March 25, 2025 — The best bet to save the imperiled species may be a system that pays farmers and ranchers to protect its grassland home.
Feature Stories
The Many Ways Scientists Are Turning Birds Into Feathered Field Assistants
March 25, 2025 — From frigatebirds and gulls to curlews and cormorants, researchers are tapping the 鈥滻nternet of Animals鈥 to map, understand, and protect our changing world.
Feature Stories