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A Florida scrub-jay

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Warmer winters driven by climate change reduced the number of offspring raised annually by the federally threatened Florida scrub-jay by 25% since 1981, according to a study co-led by researchers from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

  • Lab of Ornithology
  • Animals
  • Climate Change
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The Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s groundbreaking Center for Conservation Bioacoustics will begin a new era of innovation thanks to a major gift from the philanthropist and Lab Advisory Board member K. Lisa Yang ’74.
  • Lab of Ornithology
  • Animals
  • Environment
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Ian Owens, a distinguished evolutionary biologist and currently the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History’s deputy director, has been named the next executive director of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Owens will take the helm of the...
  • Lab of Ornithology
  • Animals
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The association elected 489 new fellows in 2020, honoring their efforts to advance research and its applications in scientifically or socially distinguished ways. New fellows will be presented with an official certificate and a gold and blue...
  • Lab of Ornithology
  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
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The Linda R. and William E. Macaulay Library at the Lab of Ornithology, named after Bill and wife Linda, is the premier archive of media from the natural world, with more than 15 million photos, sound recordings and videos of wildlife, including...
  • Lab of Ornithology
  • Animals