Jason Gregg
@jasongregg.bsky.social
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Conservation biologist and writer. See my work at: jasonjgregg.com
Just so strange and beautiful. A must see pigeon!
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The Ornithologist
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The Blue-eyed Ground Dove has been confirmed as the only living member of the ancient genus Oxypelia. New genetic evidence reveals its deep evolutionary roots and the urgency of conserving its Cerrado refuge.
theornithologist.org/a-lost-dove-...
#TheOrnithologist
#Ornithology
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A lost dove, a revived genus: new genetic evidence redefines one of Brazil’s rarest birds
Blue-eyed Ground Dove has been confirmed as the only living member of the ancient genus Oxypelia. New genetic evidence reveals its deep evolutionary roots and the urgency of conserving its Cerrado ref...
https://theornithologist.org/a-lost-dove-a-revived-genus/
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Stu Butchart
6 days ago
New paper shows mortality of migratory shorebirds along China’s coast from hunting, fishery bycatch and, at aquaculture sites, bird deterrence measures accounts for 1-10% of total flyway populations for 11 species & is unsustainable for several of these.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Lyle Lewis
6 days ago
Hawaiʻi has 18 plant species with only a single wild individual left. Dozens more around the world hang by the same thread. We count what’s visible but most extinctions happen before we even know the species exist, plants especially.
#SixthMassExtinction
www.hawaiipublicradio.org/local-news/2...
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These Hawaiʻi native plants are the last of their kind in the wild
Hawaiʻi has more endangered plants than all other U.S. states combined. Here's a look at some of the species that are so rare they only have a single wild plant left.
https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/local-news/2025-11-05/these-hawaii-native-plants-are-the-last-of-their-kind-in-the-wild
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Dustin Mulvaney
21 days ago
California condor range expanding into the Bay Area and Santa Cruz Mountains, further south into Santa Barbara County too. 🪶
www.mercurynews.com/2025/10/20/f...
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It's awesome that new bird migration bottlenecks are still being found and described by scientists, like this one in Greece.
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The IUCN species survival commission has specialist groups for bats, microbes, cranes, and dozens of other species assemblages - This week, I'm excited to be joining the group for pigeons and doves as a member.
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Center for American Progress
about 2 months ago
The Trump administration has taken actions that would eliminate existing protections from about 88 million acres of public lands. Including the removal of wildlife habitat protections, the total impact of the rollbacks stretches across more than 175 million acres of U.S. land.
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Matt Betts
about 2 months ago
Thanks to
@natecoevo.nature.com
for publishing this short essay on our Costa Rica hummingbird/heliconia work!
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W. P. Mueller
about 2 months ago
#ornithology
abcbirds.org/news/johnsto...
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Celebrating a Win for Seabirds As Proposal for Rocket Test Site Is Suspended
Johnston Atoll is a tiny speck in the Pacific Ocean — approximately 1,400 kilometers southwest of Hawaiʻi. For most people, it's just a name lost in the blue expanse of the map. But for over a million...
https://abcbirds.org/news/johnston-atoll-win/?utm_campaign=em_nl_enews_0925&utm_source=enews&utm_medium=email&omhide=true&ms=em_nl_enews_0925&contactdata=8TJOlLui4QIUxxZTKxBUNiKGJPIOpqTO4AusMwOZLRoVfTU0qixTTGOjGpHZvZkKWCHYDzTAXg6DGONl%2fy0%2fXA%3d%3d&emci=42b06c60-3b72-f011-8dc9-6045bda9d96b&emdi=9d1e8fad-6292-f011-b484-6045bdeb7413&ceid=607440
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Unlike most of Hawaii, Kaua'i doesn't have mongooses... This recent close call is a scary reminder of how important vigilance + predator control is on islands.
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Enjoyed this
@mongabay.com
story about research modelling drivers of the Indonesian songbird trade. Hearing additional voices about the link between such research and solutions to stopping the trade would have been appreciated.
news.mongabay.com/2025/09/indo...
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New model reveals hidden dynamics of Indonesia’s booming songbird trade
Researchers have developed the first model to map how supply and demand interact in Indonesia’s highly lucrative songbird trade, revealing patterns that could help curb poaching pressure on rare and t...
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/09/indonesia-songbird-trade-wildlife-trafficking-market-demand-supply/
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Great reporting on the state of wolbachia mosquito releases happening in Hawai'i to save birds
edition.cnn.com/science/hawa...
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Thousands of mosquitoes are being dropped by drone over islands in Hawaii. Here’s why | CNN
Native Hawaiian honeycreeper birds are being wiped out by avian malaria. Scientists think they can battle the problem by releasing more mosquitoes.
https://edition.cnn.com/science/hawaii-mosquitoes-rare-birds-drones-c2e-spc
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John Cannon
4 months ago
I covered a study for
@mongabay.com
looking into why deforestation has slowed in Indonesia and the Brazilian Amazon. The researchers found that strong political will played a big role and is often driven by public pressure and international diplomacy.
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Marina Wang
5 months ago
In remote forests of west Africa, wildlife traffickers are filling orders for hundreds of hornbill skulls. The bulbous-billed birds are protected in Asia, but conservationists now worry the market has shifted to African birds. My latest for
@nautil.us
nautil.us/the-hornbill...
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The Hornbills Left Behind
Protecting Asian species may have shifted poachers’ focus to African birds
https://nautil.us/the-hornbills-left-behind-1218448/
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so... which Pacific seabirds need the most attention? Ask the experts! Excited to share a new paper in
@society4conbio.bsky.social
We interviewed 70+ seabird scientists, cultural practitioners and managers across the Pacific.
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Nicolas Gonzalez
6 months ago
USGS’ biological research arm could vanish next week
www.hcn.org/articles/usg...
via
@highcountrynews.org
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USGS’ biological research arm could vanish next week - High Country News
Trump is on a multipronged mission to eliminate a science agency that conservationists, toxicologists, universities and more call irreplaceable.
https://www.hcn.org/articles/usgs-biological-research-arm-could-vanish-next-week/
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John Gale
11 months ago
The large leaved plant on the left of my Blue Bird of Paradise painting is thought to be a new species to science, possibly even a new family....no botanists who study New Guinea flora can identify it or put it to a family....that's crazy!!
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Taylor McKinnon
6 months ago
The Center for Biological Diversity today petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to protect Bendire’s thrasher under the Endangered Species Act. Native to the SW U.S. and NW Mexico, they've lost ~90% of their U.S. population over the past 50 years.
biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...
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Endangered Species Protections Sought for Imperiled Desert Songbird
TUCSON, Ariz.— The Center for Biological Diversity petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today to protect Bendire’s thrasher under the Endangered Species Act.
https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/endangered-species-protections-sought-for-imperiled-desert-songbird-2025-05-20/
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New story out - For Audubon Magazine, I covered a booming invasive bird population in California, with some great input from
@ajshultz622.bsky.social
and the fine folks at eBird.
www.audubon.org/magazine/non...
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This Non-Native Songbird Is Taking Over California—Will the Rest of the Country Next?
The Swinhoe's White-eye—a small yellow bird native to Asia—has rapidly spread throughout the state and beyond in the past decade, surprising birders and experts alike.
https://www.audubon.org/magazine/non-native-songbird-taking-over-california-will-rest-country-next
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New story out - For Audubon Magazine, I covered a booming invasive bird population in California, with some great input from
@ajshultz622.bsky.social
and the fine folks at eBird.
www.audubon.org/magazine/non...
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This Non-Native Songbird Is Taking Over California—Will the Rest of the Country Next?
The Swinhoe's White-eye—a small yellow bird native to Asia—has rapidly spread throughout the state and beyond in the past decade, surprising birders and experts alike.
https://www.audubon.org/magazine/non-native-songbird-taking-over-california-will-rest-country-next
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I feel like a real birder when ...... I get random phalarope pics from an unknown number.
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c0nc0rdance
6 months ago
Besides the gorgeous journal cover, the article it links to uses 724 classic Chinese poems to estimate the range contraction of the Yangtze finless porpoise over 1400 years. These animals are threatened by human activity, have intelligence comparable to a gorilla & are critically endangered.
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Cool news. Next up, a tax dedicated to Hawaiian biodiversity conservation?
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Ethan Linck
6 months ago
wrote about fake dire wolves and the real endangered species act for
@highcountrynews.org
:
www.hcn.org/articles/de-...
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‘De-extinction’ isn’t real, but the conservation questions it raises are - High Country News
In the age of gene editing, what does it mean to protect a species?
https://www.hcn.org/articles/de-extinction-isnt-real-but-the-conservation-questions-it-raises-are/
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The starlings in my yard make the cutest sounds I've ever heard... tiny, happy squeals. inquisitive yips.
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Really great news for Guam's birds + great photos/words from my buddy Martin Kastner!
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/b...
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Biologists Rejoice as Extremely Rare Guam Kingfishers Lay Their First Wild Eggs in Nearly 40 Years
The brightly colored birds are extinct in the wild, having disappeared from their native Guam in 1988 due to the introduction of the invasive brown tree snake. But now, they’re starting to make a come...
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/biologists-rejoice-as-extremely-rare-guam-kingfishers-lay-their-first-wild-eggs-in-nearly-40-years-180986481/
7 months ago
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Alexis Adams
7 months ago
For the birds—and the people who endeavor to save them, including
@julianhoffman.bsky.social
, my story for the
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/t...
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Jared Kushner Targets Albania’s Adriatic Coast for Luxury Tourism
Two major proposals led by Jared Kushner and a new airport championed by the Albanian government focus on an area prized for its biodiversity. Are they a sign of things to come?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/travel/albania-jared-kushner-tourism-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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Mongabay
7 months ago
A first-of-its-kind study uses social media photos and posts to assess the level of illegal hunting in Lebanon, where studies show an estimated 2.5 million birds are killed each year. Conservationists blame weak law enforcement and small penalties for poachers’ blatant disregard for regulations.
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‘Trophies’ shared on social media reveal scale of mass bird slaughter in Lebanon
Every year, during the Northern Hemisphere spring and autumn, the skies over Lebanon are dotted with millions of birds on their epic migrations. From soaring Egyptian vultures (Neophron percnopterus)…
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/04/trophies-shared-on-social-media-reveal-scale-of-mass-bird-slaughter-in-lebanon/
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Really happy to see our recent paper on social media and bird poaching covered by
@mongabay.bsky.social
today.
news.mongabay.com/2025/04/trop...
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‘Trophies’ shared on social media reveal scale of mass bird slaughter in Lebanon
Every year, during the Northern Hemisphere spring and autumn, the skies over Lebanon are dotted with millions of birds on their epic migrations. From soaring Egyptian vultures (Neophron percnopterus) ...
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/04/trophies-shared-on-social-media-reveal-scale-of-mass-bird-slaughter-in-lebanon/
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The Peregrine Fund = my conservation heroes.
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Mystery solved! This species description was based off of a single wing pulled from roadkill. Turns out its a hybrid. Photo: NHM, R Safford Map: Lynx Edicions/Birdlife International
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Andy McGlashen
7 months ago
This new evidence of inbreeding raises concerns about the future of Kirtland’s Warbler, but perhaps the more alarming part of this story is
@brapai.bsky.social
’s warning that the population could dip below 1,000 pairs this year due to a habitat shortage.
www.audubon.org/magazine/inb...
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Inbreeding Poses Another Challenge to the Rebounding Kirtland’s Warbler
Whole-genome analysis raises concerns about the rare songbird, the authors of a recent study say, but could also help with recovering vulnerable species.
https://www.audubon.org/magazine/inbreeding-poses-another-challenge-rebounding-kirtlands-warbler
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Don Moynihan
7 months ago
There are basically two groups of students being deported: a) those who have engaged in political speech, which has gotten the most attention; b) those who have had minor infractions with the law like a speeding ticket, which is likely the larger group.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-attack...
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Burrowing owls are back in SW Montana but its subtle
#birds
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Jeremy Hance
7 months ago
It's an article that's been MONTHS in the making! How do we help prepare nature for a hotter world? I talked to some of the best conservationists out there to find out for
@mongabay.bsky.social
. The answers may be surprising! Link here:
news.mongabay.com/2025/04/how-...
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How is conservation preparing for a much hotter world? Experts share
About 90 kilometers (56 miles) southeast of Cape Town lies the tranquilly-named town of Betty’s Bay in South Africa, home to less than 2,000 people. But it’s not the people that draw Nik Sekhran’s eye...
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/04/how-is-conservation-preparing-for-a-much-hotter-world-experts-share/
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....they want to test SpaceX rockets at one of the most important seabird breeding grounds on Earth. Great reporting by my (unrelated) namesake
@aarongregg23.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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U.S. military aims to turn island bird refuge into SpaceX rocket site
Landing tests at Johnston Atoll in the Pacific could advance a plan to use rockets to ship military cargo but could also threaten an important nesting site.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/04/04/spacex-rocket-cargo-bird-refuge/
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Looks to be some kind of flightless rail...
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Matthew Mitchell
7 months ago
#ExtinctInTheWild
(EW) species are some of the most at risk in the world, existing only in human care. I’m a PhD student at @zslofficial.bsky.social and @ucl-c4ia.bsky.social studying how time spent in human care may affect EW bird recovery
#BOU2025
#Ornithology
#ConservationScience
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Seabird Ecology Lab
8 months ago
Centuries ago, thousands of brown
#boobies
bred on Cima,
#CaboVerde
. By the 1980s, they were gone. Today, in collaboration with
#ProjectoVito
, we placed five decoy pairs on the islet to lure them back. Hoping to see them thrive here once more!
@irbio-ub.bsky.social
@biologiaub.bsky.social
@ub.edu
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Angus Davison
8 months ago
Snails of Cuba! We found 5 species, including the most endangered and most beautiful, Polymita sulphurosa. Project on evolution/conservation of these snails, led by Cuba, me @
#UoN
, and working with London zoo, Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany.
#snails
#cuba
#fieldwork
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Andy McGlashen
8 months ago
📣 Attention early career journalists: Audubon magazine is now accepting applications for our summer editorial internship. Join a wonderful team, build your clip portfolio, and make a real contribution to our award-winning print and digital coverage.
audubon.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Audubo...
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Editorial Intern, Audubon Magazine
Position Summary Audubon magazine, the editorially independent publication of the National Audubon Society, uses explanatory and advocacy journalism, as well as stunning original photography, to infor...
https://audubon.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Audubon/details/Editorial-Intern--Audubon-Magazine_JR708?q=editorial+intern
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LA birdwatchers!!! I am looking to interview several birders in Los Angeles (or adjacent counties) for an upcoming story! DM/email please!
#birds
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Doug Hitchcox
8 months ago
Check out the way this Long-eared Owl changes the shape of its facial disk when it hears a rodent below it:
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Kierán Suckling
8 months ago
BREAKING: Trump cancels 470,000 acre Montana timber sale after legal challenge by
@biologicaldiversity.org
& other groups. Project would have devastated endangered wolverines & bull trout, jeopardized grizzly bear recolonization of Bitteroot National Forest.
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Legal Challenge Prompts Trump Administration to Reconsider Massive Tree-Cutting, Burning Project in Montana’s Bitterroot National Forest
Center for Biological Diversity: MISSOULA, Mont.— In response to a legal challenge from conservation groups, the U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will reconsider approval of the ...
https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/legal-challenge-prompts-trump-administration-to-reconsider-massive-tree-cutting-burning-project-in-montanas-bitterroot-national-forest-2025-03-10/?_gl=1*vzma28*_gcl_aw*R0NMLjE3Mzk5ODYxOTQuQ2p3S0NBaUFuOWE5QmhCdEVpd0FiS2c2ZnVvZEJpeWNzM1Jrc2kyemdqMUlzcTFfRXNFTE16dzJyMjVWMGoySU5Pc2xqNlA1WnMzc2ZCb0NTSmNRQXZEX0J3RQ..*_gcl_au*MTE3MTA0MTU3OC4xNzM3Mzk3ODU3
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We also include documentation of the Black-naped pheasant-pigeon, and coming soon will be a second paper that goes into greater depth about our search for the missing bird!
#Auwo
#PNG
#birds
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Most of the new bird records were from the grassy lowlands, coasts, and villages of Fergusson. There may still be a couple more species hiding in the mountains though...
#birds
#PNG
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