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An anemone fish in Hong Kong's coral reefs.

Hong Kong as a reef fish haven? These scientists want to get the word out

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 22 Feb 2024
A lesser black krait in West Bengal, India.

Small, secretive & highly venomous snake seen for first time in Nepal’s hills

Abhaya Raj Joshi 1 Feb 2024
The length of the newly described stick insect can reach up to 35 cm (13.7 in).

In eastern Indonesia, a child adventurer discovers a new giant stick insect

Ebed de Rosary 31 Jan 2024
One of the six newly described chameleons from Tanzania

Photos: Top species discoveries from 2023

Liz Kimbrough 27 Dec 2023
A male Allen's hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin).

New AI model gives bird’s-eye view of avian distribution at vast scale

Abhishyant Kidangoor 8 Nov 2023
Mynas on an overhead wire.

Bangladesh’s ‘bird restaurant’ serves up snacks with a side of conservation

Mohammad Al-Masum Molla 22 Jun 2023

Study: Women, youths can be more effective at driving sustainable farming changes

Basten Gokkon 7 Apr 2023
Jashodhar Pramanik.

Jashodhon Pramanik: The farmer guardian of birds in Bangladesh

Maksuda Aziz 30 Mar 2023
A dusky tetraka.

Lost bird found: Dusky tetraka seen in Madagascar after 24-year absence

Liz Kimbrough 7 Mar 2023
Pokhara Airport in Nepal with the Himalayan range in the background

Bird strike warnings resurface amid probe into deadly Nepal plane crash

Abhaya Raj Joshi 18 Jan 2023

Top 15 species discoveries from 2022 (Photos)

Liz Kimbrough 29 Dec 2022
Black-naped Pheasant-Pigeon caught on camera, likely a second individual. Photo: Doka Nason/American Bird Conservancy

In PNG, researchers find a large pigeon lost to science for 140 years

Liz Kimbrough 21 Nov 2022
An owl in Yogyakarta

Raising awareness one bird post at a time: Q&A with Burungnesia’s Swiss Winasis

Sachi Kondo 6 Sep 2022
critically endangered white-rumped vulture

No time to keep vultures out of danger as new Nepal airport set to open

Abhaya Raj Joshi 26 Aug 2022

An emerald-green hummingbird lost to science reemerges in Colombia

Liz Kimbrough 16 Aug 2022
A yellow-breasted bunting seen in a farm in Nepal. Image by Mannshanta Ghimire/Wikimedia. CC by 4.0

Winter sanctuary in Nepal proves a killing field for yellow-breasted buntings

Abhaya Raj Joshi 22 Jun 2022

Wonder on wings: The fierce nature and enduring beauty of birds

Mike Gaworecki 4 May 2022
Sonam Tashi Lama from Red Panda Network receives the Whitley Award from Princess Anne, patron of the Whitley Fund for Nature in London.

Q&A with Whitley Award winner Sonam Tashi Lama

Abhaya Raj Joshi 2 May 2022
Trees laden with epiphytes in a Brazilian garden by Marianne North, 1873, via The Public Catalogue Foundation.

Amateur naturalists deserve more support and fewer barriers (commentary)

Rajith Dissanayake 20 Apr 2022

Big Apple birding is set to take flight: Here’s how to get started this Spring

Alice Yan 8 Apr 2022
Pokhara Airport in Nepal with the Himalayan range in the background

‘Sharing the air’ proves a challenge for new Nepal airport in bird paradise

Abhaya Raj Joshi 5 Apr 2022

Bird-counting app kindles interest in Nepal’s rich avian life

Abhaya Raj Joshi 23 Mar 2022

Nepal’s first bird sanctuary takes flight, raising hope for conservation

Abhaya Raj Joshi 14 Mar 2022

Grounded by conflict and COVID, Colombia’s bird tourism struggles to soar

Genevieve Glatsky 14 Jan 2022

Top 15 species discoveries from 2021 (Photos)

Liz Kimbrough 21 Dec 2021

Camera trap study shows conservation efforts ‘are working’ on Costa Rica’s Osa Peninsula: Video

Liz Kimbrough 13 Dec 2021

Despite deals, plans and bans, the Mediterranean is awash in plastic

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 11 Nov 2021

Women on storm-hit Philippine island lead Indigenous effort to restore mangroves

Keith Anthony Fabro 7 Oct 2021

When North America locked down, birds filled the gap left by people

Malavika Vyawahare 28 Sep 2021

When COVID shut Broadway, award-winning actress Jane Alexander went birding

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Sep 2021

Scientists describe new tree frog in push to catalog Indonesia’s amphibians

Grace Dungey 2 Sep 2021

Sri Lankans find a digital helping hand for baby birds fallen from nests

Malaka Rodrigo 20 Jun 2021

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