This Saturday, May 9, is birding's biggest day. It is called Global Big Day, an annual 24-hour event in which thousands of people around the world help crowdsource sightings of birds for the Cornell ...

I first discovered Merlin Bird ID by Cornell Lab of Ornithology earlier this summer, when I was trying to figure out the identity of a particular bird of prey in my neighborhood. After looking at a ...

New listening methods: Cornell scientists use low-cost microphones and AI to study bird reactions to predator calls across California’s Sierra Nevada. Citizen science surge: Global Big Day mobilizes ...

With a click of the mouse, people can experience the everyday lives of birds in real time through live cameras run by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Launched in 2012, the Cornell Lab Bird Cams have ...

Other than cars, the thing I hear most often at home is birds. I live in Southern California, in a relatively suburban neighborhood, outside of an even more metropolitan downtown. I don’t get the ...

(Cornell Lab of Ornithology./The Minnesota Star Tribune) The Merlin website explains: “Sound ID listens to the birds around you and shows real-time suggestions for who’s singing. Compare your ...

Scientific evidence suggests dinosaurs met their extinction through asteroid impact. Today, if a species goes extinct, chances we as humans had something to do with it. In this century alone, we've ...

Researchers at Cornell Lab of Ornithology, University of Massachusetts and University of Illinois have developed breakthrough ...

The Cornell Lab of Ornithology welcomes the Ithaca community on Saturday, Sept. 13 for its annual Migration Celebration. The free, family-friendly event commemorates the fall bird migration. From 10 a ...

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Matthew Medler of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology about the best bird sounds of 2025 from their vast collection of recordings, and why their selections made the list.