Not every headline about birds this year is grim. While the broader picture for North American bird populations remains ...

Billions fewer birds are flying through North American skies than decades ago and their population is shrinking ever faster, mostly due to a combination of intensive agriculture and warming ...

John LaMacchia, “Red Knot” (2016), from the series Birds of America John James Audubon’s Birds of America series captures the wondrous appearances and behaviors of North American avians, recording 435 ...

Birds, more than other animal groups, have had a horrific time with extinction, especially over the past several hundred years. Here’s one uniquely American example. The extinct heath hen (Tympanuchus ...

(Beyond Pesticides, March 6, 2026) Does humanity want to live in a world without birds? This may seem like an extreme question, but a new study in Science concludes that, without changes in human ...

Global Bird Rescue, a week that shines the spotlight on the catastrophic toll of window collisions, kicks off on September 21 ...

A newly published study has found that nearly 75% of bird species in North America are sharply declining across their ranges, and eight in 10 plummeting in the very areas where they’re thought to be ...

Most birds of prey are fast, large, and have sharp beaks and talons or all of the above. The wild birds on this list live in North America and have a reputation for being dangerous. Remember that most ...