Birdwatching is often a thankless task, considering that there are estimated to be over 10,000 species of birds in the world, none of which stay in one position for very long. So unless you've ...

The Great Backyard Bird Count is an annual citizen-science project that gathers data about wild birds. Participants go outside for at least 15 minutes and identify as many birds as they can. If you ...

Most of us love an eagle, but we may not appreciate vultures as much. Often you see a bird of prey at a distance or only get a fleeting glimpse, but now that the leaves are off the trees, you'll see ...

From the countryside’s golden fields to the rugged cliffs of the coastline, the UK is home to some of the most spectacular predatory birds in the world. Once driven to the brink of extinction, many of ...

You can paw through books or search online to try an identify the strange bird visiting your garden feeder, or tap into the power of the Merlin Bird ID app. Now sports optics manufacturer Swarovski ...

Next to insects, birds sadly seem to get short shrift from humans. We remain powerfully drawn to scenes of lions hunting in the Kalahari desert or rhinos jousting in eastern India, but remain mostly ...

As hardware startups go, few are more fun than Bird Buddy. The simple innovation of mounting a connected camera on a bird feeder has developed a strong customer base and an army of knockoffs. Our own ...

The Swarovski Optik AX Visio binoculars also capture videos and images of any cute critters or feathered friends, but they’ll cost you nearly five grand. The Swarovski Optik AX Visio binoculars also ...

A group of binocular-toting community members came together to spot, and identify, a variety of birds found in the local estuary. The group had signed up for a “Birds of the Estuary” community class ...

Miguel Jimenez receives funding from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. With chatbots like ChatGPT making a splash, machine learning is playing an increasingly prominent role in our ...

Are you an avid bird watcher wanting to know how to identify more birds? Or maybe you love seeing the flying creatures in ...

If you follow NPR on Instagram, which we hope you do - we're just @npr - you may have seen a video we shared over the weekend of someone whose backyard was absolutely loaded with birds. (SOUNDBITE OF ...