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• UMass Amherst study finds Great Texas Freeze killed twenty seven percent of purple martin breeding population

  Published: Mar 6, 2026

  Section: Environment

  Biologists have discovered that the 2021 winter storms in the Gulf Coast caused a massive die-off of migratory purple martins, potentially requiring decades for the species to full...

• Record numbers of cranes migrate over Switzerland this spring as birds shift traditional flight paths

  Published: Mar 3, 2026

  Section: Environment

  The Swiss Ornithological Institute Sempach has reported unprecedented numbers of cranes flying over Switzerland during the current spring migration season. Large groups of the bird...