Bald Eagle Killer Identified
Bald Eagle Killer Identified
After a nearly 30-year hunt, researchers have shown that a neurotoxin generated by cyanobacteria on invasive plants is responsible for eagle and waterbird deaths from vacuolar myelinopathy.
Bald Eagle Killer Identified
Bald Eagle Killer Identified

After a nearly 30-year hunt, researchers have shown that a neurotoxin generated by cyanobacteria on invasive plants is responsible for eagle and waterbird deaths from vacuolar myelinopathy.

After a nearly 30-year hunt, researchers have shown that a neurotoxin generated by cyanobacteria on invasive plants is responsible for eagle and waterbird deaths from vacuolar myelinopathy.

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University of Florida Culled 150 Birds to Protect Research Plots
Sukanya Charuchandra | Aug 20, 2018
Officials say the birds had eaten crops meant for experiments.
Image of the Day: The Long and Short of It
Sukanya Charuchandra | Aug 20, 2018
For flycatchers, the attractiveness of male birds is tied to the length of their sperm.
Image of the Day: Nose Dive
Sukanya Charuchandra | Aug 7, 2018
Numbers of avian species in the Mojave Desert have fallen.
Image of the Day: Red Alert
Sukanya Charuchandra | Aug 6, 2018
Female zebra finches prefer red-beaked male finches over their orange-beaked counterparts.
Image of the Day: A Good Egg
Sukanya Charuchandra | Jul 18, 2018
Osprey numbers are recovering after a drop in contaminants in the Delaware Estuary.
Image of the Day: Migrating Storks
Jim Daley | May 25, 2018
Ornithologists tagged 27 juvenile birds to track the way they use updrafts of air heated by the sun to migrate over long distances.
Imperfect Poultry Vax
Amanda B. Keener | Jul 27, 2015
Chickens immunized against Marek’s disease virus are apt to spread more-virulent versions of the pathogen, a study shows.
Experts Debate H5N1 Research
Megan Scudellari | Feb 17, 2012
A 2-day meeting may decide how much and which parts of 2 controversial H5N1 flu studies will be published.