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New Orland Grasslands trail stirs environmental concerns

Mar. 13, 2013
The Forest Preserve District of Cook County released plans this week for a new trail and bike path, but some say the project could jeopardize a fragile ecosystem.

Cats kill billions of birds each year, study says

Jan. 31, 2013
Researchers estimate cats are the single greatest cause of bird deaths linked to human settlement — more than building collisions, pesticides or wind turbines. 

Local bird hoarder pleads not guilty

Dec. 4, 2012
AURORA, Ill.  — The defense attorney for an Aurora man who house was found filled with nearly 500 birds says that weeks later there are still birds in the residence.Defense attorney Roderick Mallison said Tuesday that there are still birds inside the Aurora home that David Skeberdis &quot

Busting bird myths, fighting human safaris

May. 15, 2012
Tuesday on Worldview: A road at the center of a "human safari" scandal in the Andaman Islands is still open, 10 years after India’s Supreme Court ordered it closed.

EcoMyths: Can birds navigate around buildings?

May. 15, 2012
You’d think birds could just fly around buildings in a city like Chicago; you’d be wrong. Between 100 million and 1 billion North American birds die due to building collisions every year. 

Feisty is good: Healthy eagles indicate healthy lakes

Jun. 29, 2011
Biologists with the National Park Service are in their sixth year of visiting eagle nests on Lake Superior for blood and feather samples that help them monitor the level of toxic pollutants in the lakeFeisty is good from WBEZ on Vimeo.Jim Spickler is wearing an orange hardhat and hanging on
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