All Bird and Conservation News

February 02, 2017 — The variety of fantastic bill shapes we know today first came about in a sudden burst, and then slowly evolved over the next 65 million years, according to a new study.

February 01, 2017 — Twenty-five years after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service banned lead shot for waterfowl hunting, the agency is expanding its protections.

February 01, 2017 — Competitive kite flying in Delhi is slicing up raptors. These siblings are patching up injured birds and pushing for safer skies.

January 31, 2017 — The former Oklahoma attorney general is likely to be approved this week, but there are a slew of reasons why he shouldn't be. Here are some of them.

January 31, 2017 — Using a special lighting technique, researchers have already made several surprising discoveries about one early species of feathered dinosaur.

January 30, 2017 — Green Jays, Audubon's Orioles, Plain Chachalacas—this subtropic bird paradise is a lively place all year long.

January 27, 2017 — Mercury wreaks havoc on birds—and climate change may make it more common in some coastal food webs, according to a new study.

January 27, 2017 — “Birds are common ground, something that America has a profound shortage of these days.” Listen to Audubon leaders discuss priorities for the upcoming years.

January 26, 2017 — This seabird with unusual nesting habits is endangered due to loss of old-growth forest stands in the Pacific Northwest.

January 25, 2017 — Laysan Albatross stubbornly nest in the same spot year after year—even if it’s next to a U.S. Navy runway in Hawaii. This is the first of three stories about efforts to save them, one egg at a time.