BirdLife International – the world’s largest conservation partnership – has announced that vultures have rapidly become one of the most threatened families of birds on the planet.

/03/2014 Critically endangered Mascarene Petrel discovered at sea and unique image captured of bird with its egg.

An expedition to find the Critically Endangered Mascarene Petrel at sea have photographed a female bird where the egg is an obvious protrusion in the contour of her underbody.

As the streets and corridors of Brussels were slowing down and luggage for holidays was being filled up over the last days of July, the European Commission finally found the courage to publish its new assessment of the sustainability of bioenergy in the EU.

The Government of Tanzania has pledged to accord a higher protection status to the Lesser Flamingo breeding grounds of Lake Natron.

On September 1st 1914, when a Passenger Pigeon named Martha died in Cincinnati Zoo, Ohio, USA, the world lost its most abundant bird species for ever.

• World Migratory Bird Day 2014: Lake Natron, Tanzania – a Global Tourism Spot
• BirdLife and Lynx publish first ever illustrated world bird checklist
• Welcome to Taita Hills, Kenya – a guide is now available!
• Fast, affordable stoves destined to save Malawian forests from pressure
• Community Based Forest Management in Bechi Peasant Association exceeds expectations