I first discovered Merlin Bird ID by Cornell Lab of Ornithology earlier this summer, when I was trying to figure out the identity of a particular bird of prey in my neighborhood. After looking at ...

The white plastic bags fluttering in the treetops of the Italian Alps intrigued Fabrizio Sergio. The Italian ecologist knew the trash hung from the nests of a certain bird, the black kite.

Observations at your bird feeder could help inform research being done at Cornell University and other institutions.

Cornell Lab of Ornithology is a world leader in the study, appreciation, and conservation of birds. A nonprofit membership organization, the Cornell Lab partners with Princeton University Press to ...

Nearly a quarter of the photographs show birds nesting or entangled in disposable face masks. The focus of the project is on capturing the impact of waste - particularly plastic pollution - on the ...

The marine biologists the team filmed are working on the island to save the birds. They captured hundreds of chicks - as they left their nests - to physically flush plastic from their stomachs and ...

a survey by Cornell Lab of Ornithology and Birds Canada. Baffles can keep squirrels, mice, and raccoons away from feeders. “Baffles vary in shape and size but are typically domed, circular metal or ...

We interviewed three avian experts from Cornell University's Project FeederWatch ... the rest on the ground," says Bonter. To protect bird seed from bugs, insects, and rodents, store it in sealable ...

Tie knots in plastic bags before you discard ... Project Feeder Watch, sponsored by Cornell University, is a great way to help birds, and everyone is welcome to participate. Photograph by Sari ...

700 species – from tiny zooplankton, to fish, birds and the largest whales – are harmed by entanglement in or ingestion of plastic. There is growing evidence of widespread human ingestion of plastic ...

Bring nature to your doorstep by keeping wild birds fed with a homemade bird feeder. Follow our steps to build a seed feeder from a reused plastic bottle. Not only do bird feeders bring more local ...