A group in Western Washington state has developed a novel gauge for their forest conservation work — thousands of audio recordings of native birds.

The lark bunting was designated the state bird of Colorado in 1931. Why was this bird chosen to be the Colorado state bird? The answer I found was that the lark bunting was chosen because their ...

“There is symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of the birds, the ebb and flow of the tides, the folded bud ready for the spring. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated ...

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Matthew Medler of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology about the best bird sounds of 2025 from their vast collection of recordings, and why their selections made the list.

A recent report from the National Audubon Society says two-thirds of America’s birds are threatened with extinction from climate change. That includes half of Colorado’s bird species and our state ...

MADISON — The hefty horned lark has been crowned the winner of Fat Bird Week. Just as Katmai National Park and Preserve has "Fat Bear Week," Wisconsin just concluded its first-ever "Fat Bird Week," ...

Without conservation action, the Botha’s Lark, South Africa’s most threatened terrestrial bird species, faces extinction as early as 2025. With an estimated 340 individuals left in the wild in South ...

This photo of the Botha’s Lark was sourced from the BirdLife South Africa website. The community of Wakkerstroom requests your vote for the Botha’s Lark to be named BirdLife South Africa’s Bird of the ...

MADISON — The hefty horned lark has been crowned the winner of Fat Bird Week. Just as Katmai National Park and Preserve has "Fat Bear Week," Wisconsin just concluded its first-ever "Fat Bird Week," ...