Culture

October 22, 2020 — Competitions are getting scarce. Crowds are dwindling. Collectors are dying out. Can this American art form survive?

October 21, 2020 — Birding Without Barriers is part of a national movement to ensure that mobility impairment does not hinder people from enjoying nature.

October 16, 2020 — With fall migration well underway, birders can appreciate the ecological and societal importance of global mobility during a difficult year.

October 09, 2020 — Indigenous Peoples’ Day is a chance to celebrate the diversity and resilience of our country’s original inhabitants, whose long-overlooked ecological knowledge can help guide conservation today.

October 09, 2020 — Bird feet can get entangled in string, thread, and hair, leading to serious and deadly injuries. Dedicated volunteers catch the birds to help.

October 02, 2020 — The New York Times cooking scribe has renewed a childhood passion—and struggled with bird-feeder befuddlement—at home during the pandemic.

September 26, 2020 — Greater Rheas, native to South America, are thriving in northern Europe—and coming into conflict with farmers whose crops they eat.

September 21, 2020 — In "Vesper Flights," a timely collection of essays, the bestselling author remains in awe of the natural world, and finds hope amid catastrophe.

September 18, 2020 — It's the postseason. It's fall migration. What a time to be alive.

September 18, 2020 — Spencer Hulsey, a former U of I student, began the campaign last year. This Monday the school's Senate will vote on the proposal.