Since April, Madison Bygrove and Natalie Emerick have been setting up a cutting-edge, continent-wide Motus Audio network to ...

Nesting alongside several other species of long-legged wading birds, including Great and Snowy Egret and Glossy Ibis, the night herons occupy islands that range from natural islets just off the coast ...

In early April, I had the chance to see a wetland flourish on what was once a golf course in Santa Barbara, and smell sweet ...

As a student at Smith College, Bailey founded one of the first Audubon societies in 1886. A recent graduate who led the ...

How do you get people excited about birds? Apparently the answer hasn't changed all that much in more than a century.

Four tips that stand the test of time from conservation icon Florence Merriam Bailey, who helped popularize birding as a ...

The future of the Greater Sage-Grouse, and the health of the broader sagebrush ecosystem, has long been shaped by land-use decisions spread across millions of acres of the American West. In January ...

Listen to the fluted chorus of a Wood Thrush, a beautiful song known to inspire artists and enliven eastern forests each summer. Now hear the gruff squawk of an American Crow. Which is the songbird?

This audio story is brought to you by BirdNote, a partner of the National Audubon Society. BirdNote episodes air daily on public radio stations nationwide. Take a close look at a male Wild Turkey—if ...

An owl heard is as good as an owl seen. At least, that's what you can tell yourself the next time you eavesdrop on one but can't actually spot it (they are great at camouflage). These beloved raptors ...

No parent appreciates another meddling in their child-rearing efforts. Unfortunately for many songbirds in North America, meddling is the Brown-headed Cowbird's modus operandi. The species is our best ...

In the avian symphony of spring, the Ruffed Grouse plays the timpani. At dawn he takes the stage on a log, stump, or boulder. Bracing himself with his tail, he begins ...