Birds

Climate Change Threatens North Carolina鈥檚 Birds

Anita Rao

Climate change will likely alter the migratory routes and habitats of more than half of the birds in North America, according to a new study published by鈥�

Environment

Wilderness In The Urban Jungle

Hady Mawajdeh

Honking horns, slamming doors and congested streets: these are the sounds and sites of a bustling city. But urban areas are not without wildlife as well.鈥�

Environment

Wilderness In The Urban Jungle

Hady Mawajdeh

Honking horns, slamming doors and congested streets: these are the sounds and sites of a bustling city. But urban areas are not without wildlife as well.鈥�

Martha (right), an extinct passenger pigeon, at the Smithsonian's Natural history Museum in Washington. The passenger pigeon was once the world's most plentiful bird. Sept. 1 is the centenary of the bird's extinction.

NPR Blogs

The Flight Of The Passenger Pigeon, Now 100 Years Extinct

Krishnadev Calamur

Passenger pigeons were once the world's most abundant bird, but they were also the cheapest protein available. The last passenger pigeon, Martha, died exactly a century ago at the Cincinnati Zoo.

Environment

Cape Point Closed To Off-Road Vehicles

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One of the most popular sections of the Cape Hatteras seashore is off limits for vehicles for the next few months. The Cape Point area south of Buxton is鈥�

Duke scientists look into the brains of songbirds.

Science & Technology

What's Inside The Brains Of Songbirds

Alex Granados

Scientists are learning fascinating things by studying songbirds. Sophisticated microscopes are able to see the smallest level of detail in the brain and鈥�

Two Oystercatchers walking along the shoreline at Oregon Inlet, NC

Science & Technology

Flight Of The Oystercatcher

Alex Granados

The oystercatcher is the clown of the bird world. It has pink legs, a long orange bill and bright yellow eyes. And the eastern population of the鈥�

Science & Technology

Flight Of The Oystercatcher

Alex Granados

The oystercatcher is the clown of the bird world. It has pink legs, a long orange bill and bright yellow eyes. And the eastern population of the鈥�

Environment

Wildlife Resources Commission Investigates Dead, Injured Brown Pelicans

Gurnal Scott

State wildlife officials are continuing to investigate the deaths and injuries of brown pelicans along the North Carolina coast. They say more than 200 of鈥�

Environment

NC Organization Helps Save Ducks In Trinidad

Laura Candler

In 2009, Sylvan Heights Bird Park received a call from the US Embassy in Trinidad, asking them to help restore two species of nearly-extinct native ducks,鈥�