Birds

An interview with Scott Weidensaul, author of A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds. The book is exhilarating exploration of the science and wonder of global bird migration.

Across the West, women are changing the ways land and livestock are managed. Ashley Ahearn saddled up for the Mountain West News Bureau to chronicle their big dreams – and daily challenges. This is the second story of a three-part series.

New research is the first to use GPS-tracking data to look into the effects of wildfire smoke on bird migration. Its findings suggest that tagged geese changed their behavior to avoid smoky conditions.

Idaho Matters is featuring a special episode of the “Threatened” podcast from our friends at Bird Note, all about the struggling long-billed curlew.

Spring bird migration is underway and will continue in the Mountain West for the next few months. If you want to help them on that long journey,…

Parts of the Mountain West are still seeing snow and frost and sleet – but there's one sure sign that spring is actually here: the songs of migrating…

A salmonella outbreak is killing songbirds around the West, and it continues to spread.Salmonella is always in the environment, and localized outbreaks…

This interview originally aired Nov. 30, 2020America’s bird population is in decline. Some studies show that as much as 30% of the population across…

In the past few decades, 30% of bird populations have vanished from North America. Audrey Regan tells us how noise and light pollution are partly to blame.

America’s bird population is in decline. Some studies show that as much as 30% of the population across species has been lost. So, what is to blame for…