Yes, hummingbirds are drawn to the color red, and the attraction is hard-wired.

It’s a pleasant spring morning, you’re lazing in bed, and then—clackety thunk-thunk clack! A bird is thrashing away at your window and raising quite a racket. It’s annoying and it’s interrupting your ...

As Congress advances the Farm Bill, strengthening voluntary conservation programs on farms, ranches, and forests is essential ...

To you, a hummingbird may seem like a prized work of art; but to some animals, it’s just a sweet little treat. Observations from scientists and birders indicate that its enemies come in many forms, ...

A research project enlisting hunters as partners has revealed that the roll call of birds willing to feast on some organ meat ...

Last year, like any other year, the 2025 Audubon Photography Awards received an impressive collection of baby bird photos ...

NEW YORK / SANTIAGO / BOGOTA (January 15, 2026) – Audubon invites photographers and videographers of all experience levels to enter the 2026 Audubon Photography Awards. Submissions will be accepted ...

Two hundred years ago today, on July 17, 1819, Eunice Foote was born. Thirty-some years later, the amateur climate scientist made the remarkable discovery that when sunlight shines on carbon dioxide ...

Seven years ago, anesthesiologist and budding photographer Carole Turek embarked on a seemingly impossible quest to photograph every hummingbird species in the world—all 366 of them. Now 75 years old ...

Wild Turkeys that increasingly roam about towns across the United States usually pose no threat. But especially in spring, when aggressive males compete for mates and try to outdo their competitors, ...

Like a vagrant species in a neighborhood park, the documentary Listers recently appeared out of nowhere and caused an immediate buzz among birders. The feature-length film, available for free on ...

It’s no secret that shrikes are formidable predators. The grayscale songbirds of the open country might look as harmless as mockingbirds, but these black-masked “butcherbirds,” as they’re known, pack ...