Alli Smith, of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, offers beginner tips for exploring the wide world of birds. By Camille Baker As part of the New York Times birding project, The Times has a series of ...

The World Series of Birding hosts teams competing to identify and tally as many different species of birds as possible in 24 hours. The event is sponsored by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology , and ...

For that reason, I generally don’t consider them homes. But the analogy is apt, if only to convey the uniqueness of their ...

That’s only the beginning, adds Greig. On the Lab’s website, birds.cornell.edu/home, you’ll find a host of other resources. There’s the “Bird Academy” for example, which offers a rich variety of ...

After you download the app Merlin Bird ID, you can use your smartphone to identify sounds and match them to the birds in ...

The Cornell Lab of Ornithology using its data comes up with an estimated 10,800 species. Very close to that was the number published by the International Ornithological Committee, a precise 10,933.

As the first light spills over the emerald canopy of India’s Western Ghats, the forest erupts in song. Birds trill, warble, and whistle in a delightful chorus that has fascinated biologists and ...

Populations of birds that live in or near farms, such as the red-legged partridge (Alectoris rufa), have plummeted around the world. In France's Deux-Sèvres region, red-legged partridge counts ...