Podicipediformes, aka Grebes, are freshwater diving duckish birds that are not ducks. For an order they are neither diverse nor disparate. Twenty two species...
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Not quite as fancy as the satellite tracker that Bird No. 112 got, this radio transmitter nevertheless tells scientists at the Missouri Department of...
This Peregrine close-up courtesy of Larry Jordan In a move that’s sure to stir controversy far beyond the borders of California, federal officials have...
Haranguing people to care about wildlife and conservation is all well and good, but often such preaching falls on deaf ears. It can be...
Sage Grouse, like these fellas photographed by Carrie, can dance a little easier knowing that private landowners are looking out for them. The former...
Photo by JJ Harrison/Wikimedia Commons Children are cute. So are Spoon-billed Sandpipers. And when you have adorable children coloring adorable pictures of Spoon-billed Sandpipers...
A mockup of what a Wildlife Conservation Stamp might look like Duck hunting is big business in the United States. (Just ask whoever greenlit...
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