Arctic terns make the longest migration of any creature on Earth, with some Sterna paradisaea clocking more than 80,000 kilometers (49,709 miles) a year, flying from the Southern Ocean to their ...

YANGON, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- A series of photo exhibitions and thematic talks were held in Yangon on Saturday to mark World Migratory Bird Day, as Myanmar ornithologists and environmentalists urge ...

In this series, we meet the people whose work is helping to protect birds and their habitats along the world’s migratory ...

For almost a century, migratory flyways have been a cornerstone of bird conservation. Knowing where these aerial highways are helps protect habitats and monitor species through carefully mapped routes ...

The theme for World Migratory Bird Day is ‘Every bird counts – your observation matters’. As we explore in Every bird matters ...

Announced at the end of March, the “Atlas for the Americas Flyways” website tracks high concentrations of migratory bird species at risk of major population declines along their routes throughout the ...

The routes taken by migratory birds, known as flyways, often cross vast expanses of ocean. Six of these marine flyways have now been formally recognized by the U.N.’s Convention on Migratory Species, ...

Migratory birds face growing threats from habitat loss, climate change, and other pressures, but conservation efforts offer ...

BirdLife’s Global Partnership Meeting and second Global Flyways Summit in one scrapbook. State of the Worlds Bird’s, Global Birdsong Initiative and more.

Long before Homo erectus trekked across Eurasia, eight different ape-human hybrids stood up and walked on two feet. These eight distant ancestors lived between two million and 11.6 million years ago ...

Nearly half the world's migratory bird species are in decline and one in nine faces extinction, according to BirdLife International's latest global assessment — but a declaration signed in Nairobi, ...

Seabirds are the most threatened group of birds, with more than 30% at risk of extinction. Migratory seabirds are especially vulnerable. Researchers have described six marine flyways used by migratory ...