In early May, one of my great pleasures was watching violet-green swallows in their fast, circular flights over water (e.g., the river, Kingfisher Pond). They’d just arrived from their wintering ...

Great egrets and little blue herons. Blue-winged warblers and yellow-bellied sapsuckers. Snowy owls and tropical kingbirds. Across North America, three-fourths of bird species are in decline ...

This news follows on the heels of other recent research that documented widespread losses of birds in North America. The 2025 U. S. State of the Birds report showed bird declines in almost every ...

North America dropped four rigs week on week, according to Baker Hughes’ latest North America rotary rig count, which was released on April 25. Although the U.S. added a total of two rigs week ...

North America produces significantly more food than it consumes, making it an agricultural export powerhouse. Beyond regional trade, East Asia, led by China, Japan, and South Korea, along with the ...

In 1954. when the members of the Con Club learned that due to capture difficulty, there were few banded diving ducks in North America, they reached out to the New York Conservation Department, which ...

North America’s geological core has persisted for billions of years—it’s what scientists call a craton, a massive block of continental rock that withstands the natural recycling system of ...

The North American craton (outlined in black dashes) has a high seismic velocity compared to its surroundings. Credit: Nature Geoscience (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41561-025-01671-x ...

The Sex Pistols, the legendary English punk band that helped the underground subculture of the genre to reach mainstream heights, is going on its first North American tour in more than 20 years.

Solberg, the 23rd overall pick in the 2024 NHL draft, will make his debut in North America after tallying three goals and 12 points in 47 games in the SHL. Still only 19 years old, the Norwegian ...

The species of diving ducks are from North America and migrate south as far as Central America in winter. They are colloquially known as the little bluebill or broadbill because of its distinctive ...

Listen to Story 112 North American bird species lost half populations in 50 years ... The total number of dabbling and diving ducks is down about 30% from 2017, said Brasher. Loss of grasslands ...