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As an alum from a university with a less-than-electric athletic program, I can’t connect to college basketball and have consequently become immune to March Madness. But somehow, I missed March Migration Madness 2011, a creation of our friends at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Check out the explanation over at Need to Know on PBS [...]

The online ecosystems in which nature lovers connect, congregate, and express their fascination with all manner of flora and fauna grows richer by the day. Even in this era of abundance, certain sites engage large audiences quickly by offering special features. WeLoveBirds.org is a relatively new social networking site for bird-enthusiasts that has already attracted [...]

Some sites simply must be sought out by North American birders, at least those of us in the East Coast set. Cape May, for example, is one of those hotbeds of avian excitement, a vortex of auspicious energy that seems to beckon birds and bird watchers alike. The celebrated Cornell Lab of Ornithology, wellspring of [...]

The Cornell Lab of Ornithology is a membership institution whose mission is to interpret and conserve the earth’s biological diversity through research, education, and citizen science focused on birds. A serious scientific institution, their research projects explore the causes and consequences of variation in the distribution, abundance, and survival success of birds. The lab is [...]