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A new study published this week and authored by scientists from the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) finds bird and mammal mortality caused by outdoor cats is much higher than has been widely reported, with annual bird mortality now estimated to be 1.4 to 3.7 billion and mammal mortality likely 6.9 - 20.7 billion individuals.

The Cornell Lab of Ornithology announces the completion of a monumental task a dozen years in the making: The digitization of its complete analog recordings of birds and other wildlife dating back to 1929. The collection contains nearly 150,000 digital audio recordings equaling more than 10 terabytes of data with a total run time of 7,513 hours.