Nearly 150 birds in North America are named after people. The AOS is forming a ... to be logged in my life list when I was 11. To preserve the richness of American bird names for future ...

The American Ornithological Society (AOS) is pleased to announce the awardees of the 2024 Kessel Fellowships for ...

"Everyone who loves and cares about birds should be able to enjoy and study them freely - and birds need our help now more than ever," AOS President Colleen Handel ... There are at least 53 species of ...

The data obtained by banding on such a large scale using standardized methods are used to contribute to our understanding of the ecology of North American land bird populations, and of the factors ...

Birds that will be renamed include Wilson's warbler and Wilson's snipe, both named after 19th Century naturalist Alexander Wilson. In 2020, the American Ornithological Society (AOS) renamed a bird ...

This species’ often confiding nature, distinctive plumage, pleasing song, and acceptance of human-dominated habitats make it one of the most beloved of North American birds. Polytypic.

This marks the worst outbreak of avian botulism in the region's history, with tens of thousands of birds succumbing to neurotoxins.

There may be no other bird as unappreciated by birdwatchers ... In addition to the American Coot, Fulica americana, which ...

Gently holding a blackcap warbler in his palm, ornithologist Christos Barboutis blew on its feathers to reveal the size of ...

U.S. buildings kill more than one billion birds each year — and that horrendous toll has contributed to a 30% decline in North American birds since 1970. To change that trajectory, the Center ...

University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill has been plagued with campus unrest since last school year. Last spring, fraternity brothers at the school famously prevented the American flag on Chapel ...