Threatened

Migratory birds rely on the Cabo Rojo Salt Flats for food and shelter – thanks to conditions created by human activity.

A Puerto Rican community bands together to save a bird species and protect themselves from powerful forces.

In our season finale, one cryptic species of seabird reveals itself.

Hawai‘i is known as the extinction capital of the world. Can preserving the stories of the past create a better future?

In this season we head to Hawai‘i to explore island ecology and meet a unique group of birds called honeycreepers. Over half of these species have gone extinct.

In this bonus episode of Threatened, Ari and Scott Weidensaul, author of A World on the Wing, discuss the incredible abilities of migratory birds, the challenges facing them in a rapidly changing world and what we can do to help alleviate the pressure.

A small and remarkable island along the Atlantic Flyway models what bird love can do for a community.

Puffins on the English coast draw crowds of adoring fans; can they inspire people to change their habits?

Despite the odds, The Joe Farm in Newbern, Alabama, creates a safe space for birds and birders.

A bird gets blown off course and inspires a young researcher to spread her own wings — in Siberia.

A new BirdNote podcast about the ways we can all help birds, starting May 19, 2021.

We visit the Fraser Estuary, where fresh water meets the salty Pacific Ocean in British Columbia, Canada. Scientists are confirming what locals and birders have long known -- these mudflats are a unique and important pitstop for Western Sandpipers during their epic migration.

In the series premier, we head to a summer home for seabirds — a place where kittiwakes, murres, auklets, and puffins gather by the thousands. Gerrit Vyn, a conservation media producer, describes the scene as "a cauldron of raucous bird sound." Scientists and Aleut locals share how the birds are faring in a changing climate, and we explore importance of seabirds in island traditions.