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New York City Audubon changes name over racist past
The Hill via Yahoo News· 1 month agoThe New York City Audubon organization has officially changed its name to NYC Bird Alliance to distance itself from the history of John James Audubon,...
Midwestern chapters of National Audubon Society drop ‘Audubon’ name, citing racist views of...
CNN via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThree Midwestern chapters of the National Audubon Society, a nonprofit bird conservation group, are...
Why dozens of North American bird species are getting new names: Every name tells a story
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 7 months agoBirders participate in the Christmas Bird Count on Theodore Roosevelt Island in Washington, D.C.,...
Does birding need a racial reckoning?
Yahoo News· 8 months agoA Cooper's Hawk in Action (J.S. Fisher/Shutterstock) What’s happening Last week, the American Ornithological Society said it would change the name of any...
Researchers reveal lost library of Charles Darwin for the first time
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Environmental groups recruit people of color into overwhelmingly white conservation world
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 11 months agoArianna Barajas never thought of herself as the outdoors type. The daughter of Mexican immigrants...
Federal Agency Removes 21 Species From Endangered List Due to Extinction
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 9 months agoRobert Havell after John James Audubon/U.S. Fish and Wildlife ServiceThe U.S. Fish and Wildlife...
Book Review: Novelist Amy Tan shares love of the natural world in 'The Backyard Bird Chronicles'
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 months agoBirdwatching has become a cherished pastime for many since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, when...
Today in History: February 21, Malcolm X shot and killed at age 39
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 5 months agoIn 1995, Chicago adventurer Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo across the Pacific...