After years of controversy over birds being named after individuals connected to racism and slavery, one of America’s premier bird science and conservation organizations, the American Ornithological ...

A huge threat to migrating birds is colliding with a building. Now birding groups are banding together with government agencies and others to form one united front to tackle the problem. We are in the ...

Dozens of bird species in the United States and Canada will get "imaginative" new names that reflect their traits and habitats rather than the names of people, the American Ornithological Society ...

Nest-building isn't just instinct. Birds can learn from others, letting groups within one species develop their own distinctive nest-building... When birds build nests, they're also building a culture ...

Jim Capel packs binoculars, a notebook and a laser pointer when he leads a group birdwatching expedition. In the dead of summer, Capel said it is best to stick with parks with open fields to find ...

The New Hope Audubon Society is asking members to approve a name change that will distance the birding group from its namesake naturalist, a slaveholder who opposed emancipation. On May 2, the group ...

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This article was originally featured on Field and Stream. Wetland conservation is paying off big time according to a new study. The 2022 U.S. State of the Birds Report is a joint research project that ...