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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has agreed to delay a pilot program that would have applied a chemical treatment to improve water quality at Lake Mattamuskeet as a lawsuit against it continues.
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Conservation groups argue the use of this chemical treatment will harm wildlife in a well-known bird sanctuary.
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Three North Carolina counties have some bird populations that are strongly declining, consistent with a 2019 study that found “major” population loss among North America’s birds.
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently removed nearly two dozen species from the Endangered Species Act due to extinction, including one that called the Carolinas home.
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As the fall migration season ramps up, Audubon North Carolina is encouraging people to help make night skies darker for migrating birds.
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Researchers flock to a prairie bordering the Uwharries for an annual summer banding trip to learn more about how environmental changes are affecting bird populations.
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The long-running bird census is an annual conservation effort done by volunteers in the U.S and North Carolina to help keep track of bird species.
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Built in the 1980s, the structure is in need of significant repairs.
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Black birders have to be conscious of their personal safety in the field. Two PhD students at North Carolina State University are raising awareness on social media.
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The marshes in and around the Pine Island Sanctuary house some 183 different bird species. But they are eroding due to the effects of rising seas and a changing climate. Now, the Audubon Society has embarked on a years-long surveying project to map the habitat of rare, secretive marsh birds. What they hear from the birds will serve as an indicator of what could happen to the marshes.