For her most ambitious work yet, the artist collaborates with author Robert Macfarlane for a field guide to 49 threatened ...

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Editor’s Note: This story was originally published in 2023. It’s once again time for the Masters, and that can only mean one thing: It’s time to investigate the mystery of Augusta National Golf Club’s ...

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Research from Poland adds to evidence from Latin American countries that compounds in used cigarette butts ward off parasites in bird nests. By Lesley Evans Ogden Darwin’s finches in the Galápagos, ...

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This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. WASHINGTON — Billions fewer birds are flying through North American skies than decades ago and their numbers are ...

Fulmars are one of the most successful seabirds in the Northern and Southern hemispheres. This bird uses projectile vomit rather than flight to defend its vulnerable offspring. This vomit consists of ...

In the animal kingdom, there are several types of responses to danger and trauma. While humans are most familiar with the fight-flight-freeze-fawn dynamic of survival responses, one creature ups the ...

Counting bird species is no longer enough. To truly understand and support avian urban biodiversity, we must look beyond simple species richness to capture the functional roles, evolutionary histories ...