birds

Playlist: Remixing Spring

Arts, Culture & Media

A couple weeks ago, we gave you a challenge: we posted a dozen bird songs recorded by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and asked you to use them to create an original musical compositio…

Decoding Nature’s Most Elaborate Mating Dances

Arts, Culture & Media

Decoding Nature’s Most Elaborate Mating Dances

Arts, Culture & Media

Canaries in the Coal Smoke

Arts, Culture & Media
Lemmy's job is not to hunt pigeons, but to deter them

London’s pigeon problem has a simple solution: a hawk

Environment
A bluebird braves the cold.

Citizen scientists have been taking an annual ‘bird census’ for over a century

Science

Results from Audubon’s 117th annual Christmas Bird Count are rolling in. What’s the bird count, you say?

Egrets

A landmark effort to protect migratory birds, and why we need to do more

Environment

One third of birds in North America are at risk of extinction. A century ago, a bold move by international leaders helped save many species. Can they do it again?One third of birds in North America are at risk of extinction. A century ago, a bold move by international leaders helped save many species. Can they do it again?

A bald eagle spreads it wings. The eagle is just one of hundreds of North American birds now threatened by the effects of climate change

Even the symbol of America is now at risk from climate change

Environment

Half of North America’s 650 bird species may be forced to change their current habitats because of climate change or perish — including the bald eagle and the common loon. A new Audubon Society study produced maps to show people which of their local birds are at risk.