A Generation Restored: How Griffon Vultures Thrived Four Decades After Reintroduction
The Grands Causses Griffon Vulture population monitored across four decades of post-reintroduction research. © Marion Goascoz
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A Generation Restored: How Griffon Vultures Thrived Four Decades After Reintroduction

Four decades of monitoring show that Griffon Vultures in the Grands Causses maintain exceptionally high survival, revealing why this reintroduction became one of Europe’s most successful raptor recoveries.

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North America’s Bird Declines Reveal a Global Conservation Blind Spot
Eastern Meadowlark — a defining voice of North American grasslands, now in steep decline. Its disappearance reflects the wider crisis of common birds. © Shelley Rutkin

North America’s Bird Declines Reveal a Global Conservation Blind Spot

Common species are the backbone of ecosystems, yet new research shows they are declining at a scale that reshapes the conservation challenge. If familiar birds disappear, the loss will be both ecological and cultural — and it may already be happening faster than we think.
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Gyorgy Szimuly

Gyorgy Szimuly
Rare coastal hailstorm kills or injures nearly 1,900 birds in Texas
Dead Brown Pelicans lie scattered across a Coastal Bend nesting site following the 1 November hailstorm, which caused one of the region’s most severe recorded bird mortality events. © Harte Research Institute

Rare coastal hailstorm kills or injures nearly 1,900 birds in Texas

A violent hailstorm that struck the Coastal Bend of Texas on 1 November delivered a rare and devastating blow to local bird populations. Updated assessments from the Harte Research Institute indicate that nearly 1,900 birds were killed or severely injured, with Brown Pelicans making up the vast majority of the casualties. Researchers recorded approximately 1,860 affected birds, including around 1,484 Brown Pelicans. While the storm primarily hit coastal waterbirds, smaller numbers o
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The Ornithologist

The Ornithologist