The Wilds will host World Migratory Bird Day activities including bird walks, family crafts and conservation education on Oct ...

A symphony of synapses fires every time a songbird sings. For Erich Jarvis, a neurobiologist at Rockefeller University, the neural pathways he finds particularly interesting inside a bird’s brain are ...

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Cacaw! This week we’re taking a deep dive into the world of birds and birdwatching. I mean, birds are so cool – they can fly, lay eggs, and sing beautiful sounds. While the fall migration south has ...

For decades, scientists have known that only a few groups of birds—songbirds, parrots, and hummingbirds—can learn to produce new sounds. But a new article in The Quarterly Review of Biology reveals ...

If we want to instill in our children a love of nature and raise a generation that will want to protect and preserve natural places, we need to get them hooked on birds. This is the wisdom behind many ...

Birders and bird guides refer to “our birds,” meaning the birds like Carolina chickadee, tufted titmouse, and northern cardinal that we see in our backyards — birds that “know us” and expect us to ...

A Seattle educator set out to teach that birdwatching made good citizens. Back at the turn of the century, a Seattle educator set out to teach that birdwatching made good citizens. Adelaide Lowry ...