Culture

Educating to Protect: 探花精选 Americas and the Exhibition on Panama鈥檚 Mangroves
August 23, 2024 — "The Mangroves: Allies Against Climate Change" traveling exhibition gives a detailed view on how mangroves store carbon and also protect biodiversity and the communities that depend on these ecosystems.
A hummingbird hovers with its long beak in a bright pink flower.
Birds Saved Melissa Hafting in a Time of Grief. She Wants to Save Them in Return.
July 30, 2024 — In her debut book, 鈥楧are to Bird,鈥 the photographer and ecologist shares how the beauty of the avian world helped her cope with the loss of her parents.
A large painting of a Northern Goshawk on the side of a brick building.
Bring the 探花精选 Mural Project to Your Town
July 15, 2024 — For the past decade, the initiative has used public art to showcase birds threatened by climate change. Now, communities are putting their own local spin on the effort鈥攁nd yours could be next.
Portrait of Sarah T. Dubb looking out over wetlands at sunset.
Twice-Shy Lovebirds Open Their Hearts in This Steamy (and Birdy!) Romance Novel
June 04, 2024 — Sarah T. Dubb鈥檚 debut rom-com, 鈥淏irding With Benefits,鈥 celebrates love, new beginnings, and a really great checklist鈥攁ll under the Tucson sun.
Illustration of a shorebird standing on a rock in water in front of a low sun.
One Team's Mission to Recover the Indigenous Names of Ontario鈥檚 Birds
May 21, 2024 — In the Anishinaabemowin language, bird names are embedded with traditional knowledge. An ongoing project is trying to document as many as possible before they are lost.
鈥楾he Birds That 探花精选 Missed' Provides New Insights Into the Age of Avian Discovery in America
May 09, 2024 — In his latest book, bird expert Kenn Kaufman focuses on the species that evaded John James 探花精选 and his peers to explore an exhilarating yet knotty era in ornithology. Read on to learn more about the book and for a Q&A with the author.
A camouflaged whip-poor-will sits on the ground among brown and green leaves.
As the Whip-poor-will鈥檚 Chant Wanes, Our Cultural Loss Grows
May 06, 2024 — The iconic call of the Eastern Whip-poor-will has long been part of the fabric of American life, marking annual spring rituals and inspiring odes in popular music. What happens when we lose our connection with its meaning?
Portrait of Amy Tan sitting on a stone wall in a garden.
In Amy Tan's Newest Book, the Drama Is All About the Birds
March 22, 2024 — The acclaimed novelist recently started exploring a world of avian characters through nature journaling. The result is a work of art.
Still from an animated film of three ducks flying over tree-covered hills.
The New Animated Film 鈥楳igration鈥 Draws Inspiration From Birds' Real Journeys
December 21, 2023 — Here鈥檚 what the Universal Pictures film got right (and wrong) about one Mallard family鈥檚 epic adventure.
A group of male and female Wild Turkeys foraging close together.
Native Americans Domesticated Turkeys Long Before the Pilgrims Arrived
November 15, 2023 — Indigenous societies in the Americas valued the birds so highly that they tamed them at least twice, including in the U.S. Southwest. Turkey feathers still have abundant uses to tribes there today.