Conservation News

The Australian Avian Genomics Initiative aims to build a foundation of molecular data to advance our understanding and conservation of Australia’s unique bird species. This durable data resource generated by the initiative will include gap-filling reference genomes for Australian representatives of all bird families in Australia, and increasing capacity for cutting-edge studies using phylogenomic, population genomic, and other ‘omic approaches. Deadline to…

As part of a large collaborative effort to compile the UK Seabird Census, researchers are seeking the most recent Atlantic Puffin population numbers at the country/regional level for the United States, Greenland, Faroes, Russia and St Pierre and Miquelon.

CBC Vancouver covered the IOCongress Bird Festival – ornithologists and residents dressed up as birds and paraded by Vancouver Waterfront! 

A leak in the flowline from the drill rig to the SeaRose FPSO caused an estimated 250,000 litres of crude to leak into the ocean. The spill cannot be contained or cleaned up until waves subside.