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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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Readers share how organized groups improved their birding skills as well as their personal lives By Jim Colgan Whether or not you’re into birds, joining a birding group can change your life. Last week ...