One in five migratory species faces extinction, UN report warns

The first-ever State of the World's Migratory Species assessment, which focusses on the 1,189 species covered by the UN Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), found that one in five is threatened with extinction and 44 percent are seeing their populations decline.

Mass deaths of migratory birds reported in New Mexico

Biologists in New Mexico have sounded the alarm after thousands of song birds were found dead in recent days.

Countries to meet in Egypt to end killing of migrating birds

A taskforce of over 20 countries in the Middle East and Europe will meet for the first time in Egypt Tuesday to discuss methods of curbing illegal practices that kill more than 20 million migrating songbirds each year.

Storks Eat More Junk, Migrate Less as Planet Warms

Storks in southern Europe have become junk food junkies.

Swelling lake makes migratory birds hungry

Migratory birds wintering in China's largest freshwater lake are facing starvation as the lake has nearly tripled in size due to winter storms.