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When COVID-19 lockdowns emptied city streets, urban environments changed almost overnight. New research suggests that Los Angeles city birds responded just as quickly, with measurable shifts in beak ...

SAN ANTONIO – Students at Woodlawn Academy are exploring and connecting to nature, while learning about birds. Middle school students are learning to identify birds and the role birds play in the ...

See how kids in San Diego are getting a taste of nature through Celebrate Urban Birds, a Citizen Science project from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. (upbeat music) - If we see a bird flying in any of ...

Bird species that do well in urban areas are more colorful and less brown. Urbanization has a huge impact on the ecosystem and poses enormous challenges to animals and plants. The ongoing, worldwide ...

The bright lights of big cities could be causing an evolutionary adaptation for smaller eyes in some birds, a new study indicates. Adult male Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis), is a species ...

The American robin is just one urban dweller expected to be spotted as part of the Triangle Bird Count. North Carolina State University researchers are seeking volunteers to help conduct a bird ...

This story originally appeared in The Guardian and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Urban ducks and crows might offer us a connection to nature, but scientists have found wild birds that ...

The disappearance of crows is not just about losing a familiar bird. It reflects a broader pattern of urban ecological simplification — cities becoming hostile to unscripted life ...