Living Bird Spring 2026—Table of Contents

Deep in the interior rainforest, a wildlife photographer, an ornithologist, and three local Indigenous guides ventured into the realm of the Northern Cassowary on a mission to capture images of Papua’s mysterious forest giants.

The Joe family farm practices a land ethic that has brought in the birds, and now a burgeoning side business that is bringing in birders to the Black Belt of Alabama.

New research out of the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest shows that migratory songbirds use their songs to equally allocate breeding territories amongst themselves.

A simple series of experiments looked into why Red-breasted Nuthatches use sticky conifer resin to defend against nest predators and competitors.

Evidence from blood tests taken at The Raptor Center at the University of Minnesota shows that some birds of prey are beating the aggressive avian influenza virus.