When Prince Harry was seeking to impress Meghan Markle in the early days of their courtship, he took her on a surprise trip to Botswana, the African country he used to call his ‘second home’. There they celebrated her 36th birthday in a $2,000-a-night deluxe tent at the Meno a Kwena safari camp on the

Black-and-white Warbler. Photo: Brad James/Audubon Photography Awards In a single day, more than 1,000 migrating birds collided with buildings within a small area in downtown Philadelphia, killing a particularly large number of Parula, Magnolia, Black-and-white, and Black-throated Blue Warblers, Common Yellowthroats, and Ovenbirds as well as smaller numbers of many other species. Birds collide with

A study shows grey wolves in Banff National Park don’t live much longer than those in the rest of Alberta because many are being hunted or trapped when they leave the protected area. The paper that documents the survival of Banff wolves over three decades was published this week in the journal Global Ecology and

To seabird scientists, it was an ominous sign when the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced, back in January, that it was putting together a plan to ramp up the lethal control of Double-crested Cormorants. The birds eat about a pound of fish per day and are much maligned by fishing groups. But they’re a

Those lucky enough to have secured one of the limited tags will get to participate in a new hunting opportunity. October 19 not only marks the date of the waterfowl opener in the Panhandle Region, but also the opener of Idaho’s first ever swan season. In August, 50 tags were issued first-come, first-serve for this

Yesterday Adam Harris and I made the two-hour run from Al Ahsa to one of the best areas in the Eastern Province for finding an interesting array of desert, grassland, and migratory birds. We arrived to Haradh just past seven and headed directly to the pivot field where last year we had seen our primary

11 min read Stuff they’ll *actually* like 🎁 Amazon / Etsy We independently pick all the products we recommend because we love them and think you will too. If you buy a product from a link on our site, we may earn a commission. One of the highlights of the holidays is seeing a bunch

8 min read The tackier, the better! Etsy / Tipsy Elves / Amazon We independently pick all the products we recommend because we love them and think you will too. If you buy a product from a link on our site, we may earn a commission. The holiday season is the only time of year

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8 min read Wallet-friendly, doggy approved 🤑🐶 Amazon We independently pick all the products we recommend because we love them and think you will too. If you buy a product from a link on our site, we may earn a commission. 2020 has been tough, but one thing has remained positive through it all: your

An unprecedented die-off of over 5,000 Cape fur seal pups on a Namibian beach is being probed by the country’s fisheries ministry. The pups were found dead at Pelican Point near the port of Walvis Bay. The pups were born prematurely and died almost immediately, said Naude Dreyer, a marine biologist at Ocean Conservation Namibia,

Semipalmated Sandpiper. Photo: Mick Thompson WASHINGTON  – “The Arctic Refuge still carries scars from seismic testing conducted in a limited area more than 30 years ago,” said Natalie Dawson, executive director at Audubon Alaska. “This poses a serious threat to polar bears and other important species during their most vulnerable time of year in the

A frenzy of Pine Siskins at a feeder in Oregon. Photo: Morgan Heim If you’ve never seen a Pine Siskin, this is your year. In the past month, the birds have invaded the United States in search of food, inundating backyard feeders across the country. Without question, it’s one of the biggest irruption years in recorded history for the finches.

Pre-Migration Wishing Well. Silas Fischer ” class=”js-colorbox-custom” data-colorbox-gallery=”gallery-file-187070-vRkN8bXrfsU” data-cbox-img-attrs=”{"title": "", "alt": ""}” data-href=”https://nas-national-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/dscn0130.jpg”> Pre-Migration Wishing Well. Photo: Silas Fischer This March, Silas Fischer made one of their final turns heading south from Albuquerque, New Mexico, toward the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge. Two hours later they would reach the sprawling pinyon-juniper forests and sagebrush steppe that

5 min read There’s even a matching sweater for you! Walmart / Amazon / Etsy We independently pick all the products we recommend because we love them and think you will too. If you buy a product from a link on our site, we may earn a commission. There’s an endless amount of Christmas dog

Animal Advocates across the United States are heartbroken after a reported 62 black bears were horrifically killed on the first day of New Jersey’s annual bear hunt. According to NJ.com, Sussex County had the most bears killed on Monday, with a total of 26. Morris County had 17 bears killed and 11 bears in Warren

Clockwise from top left: Greater Roadrunner, American Goldfinch, Double-crested Cormorant, Magnificent Frigatebird, Anna’s Hummingbird, and Northern Jacana. Photos: Christopher Smith, Travis Bonovsky, Joanna Lentini, Sue Dougherty, Bibek Ghosh, and Vayun Tiwari. Every year, the winners of our annual Audubon Photography Awards are featured in a traveling exhibit hosted by Audubon chapters and centers across the country. The

Wildlife Services has come under fire after releasing the death toll of wildlife it killed in 2019. The US Department of Agriculture program slaughtered more than 1.2 million native species including wolves, coyotes, cougars and birds – all of which was funded with taxpayer money. The US Department of Agriculture program slaughtered more than 1.2

4 min read “He actually really loved the beach but we soon found out he didn’t love the wind …” 😹 Pumpkin was the only orange cat in a litter of rescue kittens his family was fostering. They weren’t initially planning on keeping any of them, but ended up adopting Pumpkin and his brother Moustachio.

Add “birds” to your Google News alert topics–or simply search the word “bird” or “parrot” in Google to see what’s going on in the world of birds. Here are some recent “birds in the news” stories worth checking out. Feather Color May Be Linked To Body Size & Climate You’ll want to read this fascinating

“I’m seeing a female merganser, and she looks like she’s having a bad hair day,” says Bob Roark pointing to Tabor Lake in Denver’s Prospect Park. The other attendees on this mid-October birding trip aim their binoculars in search of the “hoodie,” known for her spikey cinnamon crest. The temperature is cooler than expected, and