Bird

Health

The T-Shirt’s Message Is Simple: ‘Everyone Watches Women’s Sports.’

A black-and-white shirt by the brand Togethxr has become the unofficial uniform of a breakthrough moment for women’s basketball.

Health

Bird Flu Is Infecting Cats (and the Occasional Dog). Here’s What to Know.

A few “reasonable precautions” can help people keep their pets safe from the H5N1 virus, experts say.

World

Why NYC Audubon Changed Its Name

The birding group has rebranded as NYC Bird Alliance because of John James Audubon’s connections to slavery.

World

Don’t Let a Bird’s Feathers Fool You

I saw a couple of crows dining on roadkill the other day as I was driving by and wondered, Does…

World

The Kiwi Makes a Startling but Careful Comeback

At a sanctuary on New Zealand’s North Island, the long-endangered flightless birds have grown so much in number that they…

World

Bird Flu Is Our Fault

We don’t yet know if H5N1 bird flu will spill over from animals to infect a large number of humans.…

Arts

Uncovering What Audubon Missed, and What He Made Up

In “The Birds That Audubon Missed,” Kenn Kaufman delves into the fierce, at times unethical, competition among early American ornithologists.

Health

Seriously, Now Is the Time to Stop Kissing Sick Birds

A citizen-science collaboration in New York has turned up a half-dozen birds infected with the avian flu virus.

World

Do Birds Dream?

What new research on the avian brain and REM sleep in birds might reveal about our own dream lives.

World

With an Orange-Tufted Spiderhunter, Birder Breaks Record for Sightings

In February, Peter Kaestner beat out the competition to document his 10,000th bird species.

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