Wooden decoys long played a key role in hunting birds. Artist David Personius hopes his modern take can inspire conservation ...

An embodiment of endurance, the baueri subspecies of the bar-tailed godwit holds the world record for the longest non-stop bird flight – traversing over 13,000 kilometers (8,078 miles ...

And for good reason: Some of the most astonishing feats of endurance are performed by long-distance migrants, such as the nine-day non-stop flight of the bar-tailed godwit across the Pacific Ocean.

Bar-tailed godwits have been spotted in the region before, but not as a flock of five. “These are waders that are known to travel long distances at a stretch,” explains Subramaniam Shankar ...