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Philippine Eagles return to the same Mindanao nests for generations, but the forests that shelter them also hold gold and nickel. With 41% of approved mining concession land serving as prime nest habitat,...

About half of the world's raptor species are declining, and many of the threats they face cross borders. A new IUCN Raptor Specialist Group, co-chaired by our Dr. Evan Buechley, will connect experts...

Alone in its nest with no food and no parents in sight, a Secretarybird nestling in Kenya was found dangerously thin. Biologists had come to tag it. Instead, they found themselves racing against time to...

Our raptor breeding program relies on accurate recordkeeping, and new research helps show why. DNA testing of a private macaw collection revealed that seven birds recorded as Critically Endangered Great...

Saving a species takes far more than counting birds. In the past year, our TPF Madagascar team and partners also planted nearly a quarter of a million seedlings, renovated schools, supported student...

Nearly 30 years after the first California Condors returned to Arizona's skies, four more young condors took flight from Vermilion Cliffs as nearly 900 people watched below. The first left the pen in under...

In 1997, biologists banded a young Martial Eagle in Kenya. Three decades later, the landscape around him had changed dramatically, but millions of GPS locations from his transmitter revealed how he was not...

Vultures took the spotlight this September. More than 1,200 people joined us for International Vulture Awareness Day at a school in Kenya, a village in Tanzania, and our visitor center in Boise. Students...

In June 2023, a chance encounter in Chiapas, Mexico, produced the country's first photos and video of a Harpy Eagle in more than a decade. The bird was young, and its age is a clue that a breeding pair may...

Lead exposure is well documented in birds and mammals, but far less is known about its prevalence in snakes. A new study led by our Energy Scientist Vincent Slabe tested gophersnakes and rattlesnakes in...