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Celebrity Campaign Shines Spotlight on New Zealand Bird Contest

An endorsement from the comedian John Oliver led to a spike in votes for the eventual winner, the pūteketeke.

News

North American Birds Will No Longer Be Named for Racists — or Anybody Else

On Nov. 1, the American Ornithological Society announced that it would be renaming all the birds under its purview that…

News

Why Vultures Might Just Be the Smartest Birds Above the Block

The two lappet-faced vultures had been together for just a few months, yet the massive birds, with their watchful, featherless…

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Scientists Use CRISPR to Make Chickens More Resistant to Bird Flu

A new study highlights both the promise and the limitations of gene editing, as a highly lethal form of avian…

News

The Eternal Search for the ‘Nemesis Bird’

For every devoted birder, there is a bird that continues to elude sighting.

Business

An Avian Murder Case on a Quiet Back Porch

I open the pantry door and the eastern phoebe flies off the nest. Her cup-shaped home is made of mud,…

Newyork

New York Birders Reject Audubon Name Over Slavery Past

The association with the naturalist John James Audubon is “problematic” for a local group seeking to be more inclusive.

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Flaco, Central Park Zoo Owl, Tastes Freedom and Isn’t Rushing to Return

Not straying far from the zoo but not going back either, a bird of prey on the loose faces serious…

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An Owl Named Flaco Is Loose in Central Park, With Vandals to Blame

After leaving his damaged Central Park Zoo enclosure the night before, a Eurasian eagle-owl was the subject of an intense…

Real Estate

After a Frantic Year, It’s Time for ‘Slow Birding’

A new book borrows from the slow food movement to propose a more thoughtful, less competitive form of bird-watching.

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