Natalia Ocampo-Peñuela, assistant professor of environmental studies, and a team of Colombian researchers have introduced a transformative approach to mapping bird species distribution across Colombia ...

The identification of part of the fossilized remains of a so-called "terror bird" species in South America has given researchers new insight into the apex predators ...

The multicolored tanager, a small bird that lives only in the mountains of Colombia, is a draw for birdwatchers. Deep in a forest in the Andes, high atop a tall tree, there’s a quick, colorful flash ...

Bilateral gynandromorph green honeycreeper (Chlorophanes spiza) photographed in the wild in Colombia. (Credit: John Murillo.) An “extremely rare” half-female, half-male bird has been caught on film, a ...

Just after sunrise, in a cloud forest surrounded by patches of bamboo trees and coffee plants, the singing started. Then, a flash of scarlet flew past the raised cameras and binoculars: an Andean cock ...

Every year, on the Global Big Day, thousands of bird-watchers across the world compete to record as many species of birds as possible. In Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia, bird-watching is ...

The country of Colombia is becoming a more popular tourism destination, with more cruises stopping in Cartagena in recent years, a new AmaWaterways river cruise itinerary that launched this spring and ...

In 2022, around 96 million people in the U.S. closely observed, photographed or tried to identify birds in the wild—activities known broadly as birding. For context, that means more than 35 percent of ...

Researchers have introduced a transformative approach to mapping bird species distribution across Colombia, harnessing community science data and innovative modeling techniques. Natalia Ocampo-Peñuela ...