9 Best Free Apps For Identifying The Birds In Your Yard

Heard a chirp or spotted a flutter? These free apps identify backyard birds by sight or sound — no binoculars or in-depth ...
National Audubon Society

Huge Numbers of Migrating Birds Rely on These Five Central American Forests—but They’re Disappearing Fast

A new study underscores the importance of conservation for the region’s “Five Great Forests,” which support nearly half of ...

Is the cassowary really the world’s most dangerous bird?

Rare attacks helped brand the cassowary as deadly, but habitat loss and human activity now pose a far greater threat to the ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN

Elusive, Critically Endangered Bird—and One of the Closest Living Relatives of Dodos—Was Spotted for the First Time in Five Years

Conservationists are racing to save the manumea, a chicken-sized bird that lives only on two Samoan islands, from extinction ...
National Audubon Society

National Bird Day: A New Year’s Flight Path for Birds and People

Following notable successes for birds at the national, state and international levels in 2025, 2026 offers more opportunity ...

Birds at a college changed beak shapes during the pandemic. It might be a case of rapid evolution

Songbirds on the UCLA campus changed beak shapes during the pandemic, according to a new study. Researchers suspect it might be a case of rapid evolution.
Nature

How did birds evolve? The answer is wilder than anyone thought

Over the past half century, researchers have established that birds evolved from dinosaurs: specifically, the theropods, the ...