Today: September 12, 2024
Today: September 12, 2024

Birds

Environment|News

Flamingos in Wisconsin? Tropical birds visit Lake Michigan beach in a first for the northern state

Five flamingos that showed up in Wisconsin to wade along a Lake Michigan beach attracted a big crowd of onlookers eager to see the unusual visitors venturing far from their usual tropical setting

Flamingos in Wisconsin? Tropical birds visit Lake Michigan beach in a first for the northern state
Environment|Science

Ornithological society to rename dozens of birds — and stop naming them after people

Birds in North America will no longer be named after people

Ornithological society to rename dozens of birds — and stop naming them after people
Economy|News

Who freed Flaco? One year later, eagle-owl's escape from Central Park Zoo remains a mystery

Under cover of darkness a year ago, someone slipped into the Central Park Zoo, cut a hole in a cage and freed a majestic Eurasian eagle-owl named Flaco

Who freed Flaco? One year later, eagle-owl's escape from Central Park Zoo remains a mystery
Science

Chicago museum acquires new specimen of famed Archaeopteryx

An exquisitely preserved fossil of the earliest-known bird Archaeopteryx, a pigeon-sized specimen revealing new anatomical details of a creature whose 19th century discovery

Chicago museum acquires new specimen of famed Archaeopteryx
Environment|Science

NYC bird group drops name of illustrator and slave owner Audubon

The conservationist group known as NYC Audubon has changed its name to NYC Bird Alliance to distance itself from the pro-slavery views of ornithologist and illustrator John James Audubon

NYC bird group drops name of illustrator and slave owner Audubon
Americas|Environment

Counter-drug strategies in Central America are worsening deforestation, threatening many species of birds

Central America’s forests are critically important habitat for many forest birds, including endangered species. Narco-traffickers are cutting down trees, leaving birds with nowhere to go.

Counter-drug strategies in Central America are worsening deforestation, threatening many species of birds

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