Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. The Santa Barbara Audubon Society (SBAS) presents a free educational event for children in our community: the 11th Annual ...

Yards and fields will soon become lookout stations for the annual Christmas Bird Count, the world’s largest and longest-running bird census.

From lightweight models for hikes to high-powered optics for serious spotting, these are the best bird-watching binoculars in 2025.

Cowbird mothers abandon their eggs in the nests of other bird species, but the chicks somehow manage to find their flock and learn what they really are.

How Manomet’s Bird Banding Lab is protecting migratory species From piping plovers to American oystercatchers, this Plymouth-based conservation group tracks bird recovery while connecting ...