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2025 News Releases
September 26, 2025Record-breaking Night of Bird Migration Detected with RadarMore than 1.2 billion birds streamed south Thursday night, the largest single-night total ever recorded by the live radar project BirdCast.
September 18, 2025New Underwater Tool Lets Ecologists ID Fish From Their SoundsA new 360° camera equipped with spatial audio recording is helping researchers listen in and monitor coral reefs.
September 17, 2025New Research May Help Offshore Energy Be More Bird-FriendlyA new study found that bird migration over coastal waters in North America occurs on fewer nights compared to migration over land and varies in intensity depending on the season. This baseline information may help wind energy managers reduce bird-wind turbine collisions.
September 16, 2025Study Reveals How Different Messages Motivate People to Take Conservation ActionsNew research finds that the types of messages shared can influence people’s willingness to change their behavior to prevent bird-window collisions.
September 9, 2025Experience Nature’s Masterpieces in Motion with a New Video Series on Wild Birds from the Cornell Lab of OrnithologyJoin award-winning, world-traveling wildlife photographers Tim and Russell Laman to witness the drama, beauty, and hidden moments of bird life. Sponsored by OM SYSTEM, this intimate series from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology showcases the unique behaviors of Tree Swallows, puffins, and Ospreys like you’ve never seen them before.
In The News
- The Great Fall Bird Migration Is Underway—Use This Interactive Map to See Who’s Flying Near You , Real Simple
- Millions of birds have already migrated south for winter. What to know about fall migration in Wisconsin. , Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
- Record-breaking night of bird migration detected with radar , Cornell University
- Get to Know the Brothers Behind the Buzziest Birding Film in Years , National Audubon Society Inc
- What noise does a fish make? New underwater tool lets ecologists ID fish from their sounds , MSN.com
- Storms on the radar? More than likely just 1.2 billion birds in flight for fall migration , World News
- New Underwater Tool Enables Ecologists to Identify Fish by Their Unique Sounds , Scienmag Science Magazine
- ‘Lights Out,’ Chicago. Bird Migration Will Be Intense Thursday Night and Millions Need Safe Passage , WTTW-TV – Chicago Tonight
- It’s Time to Prepare for Project FeederWatch , The Birding Wire
- Fall bird migration is here again. Did you know? , Environment America
- Scientists declare ‘pivotal step’ in bringing back extinct dodo , The Independent
- For Staying Present, I Now Click on This Bird ID App Instead of My Meditation Apps , CNET
- Mapping songbird migration patterns may help offshore energy be more bird-friendly , MSN.com
- Dodo birds could roam again, claim scientists, as they report pigeon gene-editing advance , The Guardian
- To protect birds from windows, change human behavior , Cornell University
- Can Coffee Be A Force For Good? , Forbes
- So many birds are migrating that they’re appearing on weather radar , The Seattle Times
- How researchers restored a thriving habitat for Atlantic puffins in Maine , PBS NewsHour
- The New Science of Aeroecology Reveals So Much About the Amazing Creatures That Populate the Skies and How Humans Can Ensure Their Survival , Smithsonian Magazine
- Ditch the chatbots and take your AI nature apps on a birdwatching hike , ABC News
- Birding As A Tourism Promotion Continues To Take Flight , Forbes
- The Merlin Bird ID App Is Better Than Meditation, and It's Not Just for Birders , CNET
- The One Thing Your Hummingbird Garden Is Missing (Hint: It’s Not Another Feeder) , Country Living Magazine
- Where Did All the Hummingbirds Go? An Expert Explains the Surprising Reasons , Country Living Magazine
- Feminist Bird Watchers Are Saving Ecosystems One Park at a Time , Medium
- Researchers find that songbirds sometimes get 'divorced' , NPR
- How to avoid ecological mistakes , The Seattle Times
- Happiness Doesn’t Have to Be a Heavy Lift , The New York Times
- How to Get Started with Merlin ID 🦅 , Medium
- In Colombia, bird-watching brings tourism and a love for conservation , Mongabay.com News
- I Love Finding Birds’ Nests, but What’s in Them Troubles Me , The New York Times
- A new study knocks down a popular hypothesis about why birds sing at dawn , NPR
- ‘No one wants a building that kills birds’: why cities are turning off the lights , The Guardian
- Bird Populations Are Declining Across North America , Mother Jones
- North American birds are plummeting in areas where they’re plentiful , Mongabay.com News
- 75 percent of North America's bird species are in decline, study says , The Washington Post
- Alarming Report Finds US Bird Populations Are Still Crashing , Forbes
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