No Rain, No Refuge: The Aquatic Warbler’s Breeding Crisis
Drought, heat, and shifting landscapes now threaten the delicate future of the Aquatic Warbler in its shrinking wetland home. © Pavel Štěpánek

No Rain, No Refuge: The Aquatic Warbler’s Breeding Crisis

Europe’s rarest songbird faces an escalating climate crisis. As wetlands dry and breeding efforts falter, conservationists confront the urgent question: can the Aquatic Warbler be saved in a warming world?


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In Defence of Bird Conservation in a Broken World
Native to Rodrigues in the Indian Ocean, this small passerine fell to a few hundred birds in the 1970s as forests disappeared. Thanks to sustained restoration, its population has rebounded, becoming one of conservation’s quiet success stories. © Alex Jones

In Defence of Bird Conservation in a Broken World

When the world feels fractured beyond repair, speaking about bird conservation can sound almost indulgent. Yet in the quiet persistence of those who still care, a truth endures: to protect the living fabric of the Earth is not a luxury. It is an act of survival — and of humanity.


Gyorgy Szimuly

Gyorgy Szimuly

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.


Gyorgy Szimuly

Gyorgy Szimuly

Why Wait to Grow Up? Shorebirds' Delayed Maturity Tied to Coastal Living
Often seen roosting or foraging near coastlines, Oriental Pratincoles (Glareola maldivarum) are among the species analysed in the study. Their life-history strategies reflect the behavioural demands of complex habitats — an important factor in the timing of maturity. © Arkajit Chakraborty

Why Wait to Grow Up? Shorebirds' Delayed Maturity Tied to Coastal Living

Shorebirds that winter along dynamic coastlines delay their first return to breed, a strategy linked not to body size, but to the behavioural demands of tidal habitats — revealing new insights into how environment shapes avian life-history timing.


Gyorgy Szimuly

Gyorgy Szimuly