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• Will Bird Flu Fly Into Our Lives?

  [10/1/2006 ] Federal and state biologists have launched a massive new monitoring program designed to determine whether wild migratory birds are bringing a deadly virus into North America Read Full Story>

• Vanishing Into Thin Air

  [10/1/2006 ] Today, 12 percent of bird species risk extinction Read Full Story>

• Kingdom of the Condor

  [10/1/2006 ] From the shores of the Caribbean to Cape Horn at the doorstep of Antarctica, the Andes are home to some of the world's rarest and most spectacular wildlife Read Full Story>

• A Bird Like No Other

  [8/1/2006 ] The ostrich can stand more than 9 feet tall, weigh 350 pounds and run faster than anything else on two legs; but in the end, this living feather duster is all avian Read Full Story>

• The Changing

  [8/1/2006 ] Call of the Wild Read Full Story>

• Wild Encounters - A Vulture with Style

  [8/1/2006 ] The bearded vulture is the only known bird species that deliberately dyes its plumage; biologists say the resulting orange-red feathers may be a symbol of status Read Full Story>

• Rare Wings Over Cambodia

  [6/1/2006 ] In a remote corner of the country, armed rangers--many of them former soldiers--fend off poachers in Asia's most important sanctuary for endangered waterbirds Read Full Story>

• Getting on the Trail of America's Birds

  [5/1/2006 ] State agencies and private groups have mapped out driving routes for birding, providing new opportunities for families to see wildlife Read Full Story>

• Making Dollars and Sense in Ivory-Bill Country

  [4/1/2006 ] While biologists figure out how to protect the ivory-billed woodpecker, local residents are turning the endangered bird into cash Read Full Story>

• The Case of the Disappearing Warbler

  [4/1/2006 ] To solve the mystery of migratory songbird declines, more biologists are turning their attention to habitat loss in the Tropics, where the birds spend their winters Read Full Story>