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I was in the center of El Rosario butterfly sanctuary, part of Mexico’s Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve. Unaccustomed to ...

These coordinated movements of a flock of starlings follow no plan or leader. Scientists used to think the animals must ...

Bird multitudes are slipping away on a global scale, but a new study offers hope for how we can make life easier for them.

From Grizzly Island in Solano County to Memorial Park on the Peninsula, over 180 bird species build a next to reproduce and raise their young in the Bay Area. But not a single local bird has ever ...

A sweeping new Cal Poly study of North American birds reveals that environmental change does not affect all species equally and that a bird's traits can explain whether populations rise or fall as ...

Birding has historically been the domain of the AARP crowd, but in the World Series, young people have an edge. And these days, birders in their 20s (and 30s and 40s) are showing up not just at ...

A journalist rediscovered a love for bird-watching after receiving a feeder with a camera. The camera provides close-up views of various birds, including grackles, doves, finches, and bluejays.

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(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Morgan Tingley, University of California, Los Angeles (THE CONVERSATION) Spring ...