Monitoring Snowy Plovers at Great Salt Lake
August 26, 2024 —
An Updated Look at One of Utah’s Shorebird Species of Greatest Conservation Need
Birds in the News
Can the Greater Sage-Grouse Be Kept Off the Endangered Species List?
June 26, 2024 —
Warming and habitat loss diminished sage grouse populations 80 percent since 1965, putting them on the brink of an endangered listing. Western states, the federal government and energy and ranching interests are struggling to prevent that.
The New Animated Film ‘Migration’ Draws Inspiration From Birds' Real Journeys
December 21, 2023 —
Here’s what the Universal Pictures film got right (and wrong) about one Mallard family’s epic adventure.
Why Baseball and Birding Go Together Like Peanuts and Cracker Jacks
July 10, 2023 —
America’s pastime presents plenty of opportunities to spot birds, says sports writer Joe Trezza.
Top Music and Hollywood Artists Join Forces in “The Birdsong Project” To Benefit the National Audubon Society in Celebrating and Protecting Birds
May 20, 2022 —
Contributors include Yoko Ono, Yo-Yo Ma, Mark Ronson, Wale, Beck, Andrew Bird, Elvis Costello, Jim James, Karen O, Angélica Negrón, Calexico, Michael Uzowuru, Stephin Merritt, Karen Elson, The Flaming Lips, Nick Cave, and more.
Inside the Amazing Cross-Continent Saga of the Steller’s Sea-Eagle
January 10, 2022 —
The journey of the lost Asian bird started more than a year ago. Follow along as birders gather in awe and speculate on its next moves.
Newly Recorded Condor ‘Virgin Birth’ Is Another Way Birds Are Like Reptiles
November 10, 2021 —
Zoo researchers discovered that two female California Condors had reproduced without males, a phenomenon known as parthenogenesis.
Reimagining the American Avocet
July 13, 2021 —
Phil Wheeler uses repeating patterns to unite a hungry wader with otherworldly terrain.
1,158 Bird Species, 7,500 Miles, 1,000 Cups of Coffee and Counting: Meet the Couple Doing the First-Ever Big Year Across Colombia
July 02, 2021 —
As they’ve crisscrossed the country tallying and documenting birds, photographers Niky Carrera Levy and Mauricio Ossa have also discovered hundreds of untold stories of conservation heroes.
