Science

July 02, 2020 — A grassland species named for an ornithologist who later became a Confederate general, the longspur has sparked a fiery debate over which honorific bird names should be reconsidered. Some say all of them.

July 02, 2020 — A modified dialect of male song began in a local population in western Canada and, in two decades, traveled to birds more than 1,800 miles away.

June 25, 2020 — New research shows that fish eggs don't just survive the journey through a mallard's digestive system intact, but they can still be viable.

June 12, 2020 — Even when fruits of invasive plants are abundant, migratory songbirds seek out native berries, according to new research.

June 10, 2020 — Red-billed Oxpeckers and their critically endangered hosts aren’t the only avian-mammal pairings with a mutually beneficial bond.

May 21, 2020 — Flowers are beginning to bloom, and hummingbirds are starting to return from their southern winter sojourns. Here’s a regional guide for when they should arrive and the food they’re seeking.

May 18, 2020 — Scientists have been dealing with fragmentary data for years and have many tools to deal with it.

May 11, 2020 — A new study of captive birds found they prefer to hang out with buddies, and some individuals could even be considered social butterflies.

April 28, 2020 — A new study on Audubon’s Hummingbirds at Home program shows the importance of community science and native plants.

April 22, 2020 — In the world of academia, predatory journals with almost no vetting process abound. One researcher had enough.