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New Mexico Mystery: Why Are So Many Birds Dropping Dead?

Scientists say that the wildfires in the West combined with drought and record heat waves could be triggering one of the Southwest’s largest migratory bird die-offs in recent decades.

Life Advice From a Dead Grandmother Who’s Returned as a Bird

“Parakeet,” Marie-Helene Bertino’s trippy, surreal new novel, follows a heroine reckoning with her unhappy engagement and other life choices.

Killer Slime, Dead Birds, an Expunged Map: The Dirty Secrets of European Farm Subsidies

The E.U. has green aspirations. Its signature, $65 billion policy says otherwise.

A Trump Policy ‘Clarification’ All but Ends Punishment for Bird Deaths

In one of its first environmental acts, the Trump administration absolved businesses from responsibility for "incidental" bird deaths. Avian carnage has followed.

Caroll Spinney, Big Bird’s Alter Ego on ‘Sesame Street,’ Is Dead at 85

Besides the sweet-natured giant yellow bird, he also played the misanthropic bellyacher Oscar the Grouch.

The 9/11 Tribute Lights Are Endangering 160,000 Birds a Year

A recent study shows that beams of light can lure birds to veer off their normal migratory flights, putting them at risk of starvation or injury.

A Funeral for Two Birds

My great-grandmother was a scientist who did not weep over impermanence, but my cousin and I did.

The Elephant Bird Regains Its Title as the Largest Bird That Ever Lived

A study seeks to restore the elephant bird’s heavyweight title, finding one member of a previously unidentified genus of the birds could have weighed more than 1,700 pounds.

Why Are Some Crows Committing Acts of Necrophilia?

“It was certainly very surprising to me,” said the researcher who observed the birds’ strange behaviors when presented with crow cadavers.

The Dirty Secrets Saved in Dead Birds’ Feathers

The feathers of birds preserved in natural history museum collections record changes to historical air quality across America’s Rust Belt, a new study finds.