Birds rely on their eyesight to locate food, water, shelter, and safe places to nest. They are highly perceptive of color, ...

A little more than one year ago, a study reported that North America lost 3 billion birds in less than 50 years (more here). One of the foremost reasons for this dramatic decline in birds was habitat ...

Shade-grown, Bird Friendly coffee is now available in five museum locations at the Smithsonian—National Museum of Natural History, National Museum of the American Indian, National Museum of American ...

The challenge: Up to 1 billion birds are estimated to die each year after flying into closed windows in the U.S. and Canada alone. The cause: During the day, birds perceive the reflections in glass as ...

BUCKINGHAM (AP) — Self-described cheapskate Rich Jaedicke lives by a guiding principle: Never buy it if you can get it free. So it is with his backyard aviary, a triumph of creative, compassionate ...

You might bump into a window and suffer embarrassment. Birds do the same and they're dead. That simple fatal combination, multiplied millions of times a year, minimally, across the United States, was ...

A pair of birds perch on branches at Baylands Nature Preserve in Palo Alto on March 10, 2026. Photo by Seeger Gray. Former Palo Alto Mayor Lydia Kou spoke for many in the environmental community when ...

At next week’s City Council meeting, Ames will become the first urban area in Story County to be designated as “bird-friendly.” The recognition, given to Iowa counties and cities by the organization ...