In 2020, the American Ornithological Society dubbed this bird, formerly named for a Confederate general, the “thick-billed longspur." Skip Russell via Flickr> under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEED Starting ...

Animalia 75 percent of North America’s bird species are in decline, study says. Birds are rapidly vanishing from North America, with dramatic population losses in places that were once thought safe.

"Anna's hummingbird" is one of 60-70 birds in North America slated to be renamed. Anna's Hummingbird, Gambel's Quail, Lewis's Woodpecker, Bewick's Wren and Bullock's Oriole are just a few of the ...

As the climate crisis worsens, so does pressure on wildlife. The number of birds in North America has declined by 3 billion in the last 50 years. Brooke Bateman, director of climate science at the ...

2 out of 3 North American bird species face extinction. How we can save them. As the climate crisis worsens, so does pressure on wildlife.

Playwright Anna Ouyang Moench's 'Birds of North America' has its Los Angeles premiere at the Odyssey Theatre in a production starring Arye Gross and Jacqueline Misaye.

Since last week, 16 species of North American land birds have been spotted in Britain and Ireland, including several species of warblers, one northern parula, 10 cliff swallows and three Baltimore ...

The American Ornithological Society says it will alter all human names of North American birds, starting with up to 80 species. Accessibility statement Skip to main content.

The 64th Supplement to the American Ornithological Society’s (AOS) Check-list of North American Birds, published today in Ornithology, includes numerous updates to the classification of North ...

The provisional nature of taxonomy is surely evident in birds. The American Ornithological Society (AOS) has a committee, the North American Checklist Committee (NACC), that maintains the official ...

Recently I looked into a number of extinct birds from all around the world, but few of them shed light on those that I would've lived alongside. Today we're "borrowing" my mom's field guide on the ...