One of South America’s least known and most threatened seabirds—frequently tangled in fishing nets and now facing warming ...

With their intense, feline gaze, barred bodies, and fierce hunting skills, the Great Horned Owl has been called the “tiger of ...

One of South America’s least known and most threatened seabirds—frequently tangled in fishing nets and now facing warming waters and deadly flu—is in accelerating collapse, but ...

A new analysis reveals that songbirds across the world mix and match the same whistles, trills, and other acoustic motifs to create their diverse tunes.

The trademark white rump patch is usually hidden by the long wings, which are a clue to this bird's long migrations. Many fly annually from Canada's Arctic islands to the southern tip of South America ...

Fact-checked by Kenn Kaufman, field editor, Audubon magazine. Spotting a red bird in the wild can be both a delight and a surprise—I didn't know we had birds that looked like that! In fact, North ...

This piece, written by a historian and biographer of John James Audubon, is the first in a series of pieces on Audubon.org and in Audubon magazine that will reexamine the life and legacy of the ...

Super Bowl Sunday is here. The Seattle Seahawks are great football players and all, but their team name got us wondering: What do we really know about the seahawk? Here are some fun facts—and fictions ...

Extremely similar to the Gray-cheeked Thrush, the Bicknell's Thrush they were considered to be the same species until 1995. It has a limited summer range in the northeast, from upstate New York to ...

This incredibly long-billed sandpiper is the largest shorebird in North America; but more often than not, it is seen away from the shore. The Long-billed Curlew spends the summer on the grasslands of ...

We blend science and policy work to protect important habitat throughout Alaska for people, birds, and wildlife since 1977. Our office is located within Dena’ina ełnena, but our work spans the ...

A small, graceful marsh tern, black and silver in breeding plumage. In its choice of surroundings, the Black Tern leads a double life: in North America in summer it is a typical bird of freshwater ...