Setting out to capture in paintings the avian life of a continent, John James Audubon (1785-1851) was nothing if not audacious. His “The Birds of America” aspired to be not only beautiful and ...

Stuart Wells, the executive director of the group formerly known as Portland Audubon, takes a look at construction at the nonprofit's animal hospital on March 1, 2023. Kristian Foden-Vencil / OPB ...

The Audubon Society first condemned its namesake's "problematic legacy" in a statement in 2020. He was "a complex and troubling character who did despicable things even by the standards of his day ...

John James Audubon inspired generation with his Birds of America compendium. But his legacy also includes racist views and the owning and selling of enslaved people — bringing calls for the ...

Two art books revisit 19th-century illustrations by John James Audubon and Elizabeth Gould. Elizabeth Gould’s crimson rosellas (Platycercus elegans), Volume 5, Plate 22, from John Gould’s ...

They decided it wouldn’t fly. After months of deliberation, the New York City Audubon Society decided to change its name, citing founder John James Audubon’s legacy of white supremacy.

John James Audubon, famed as a naturalist and for his colorful and dramatic paintings of North American birds, had been dead for half a century in 1905 when his name was plucked from history to ...

The Chicago Audubon Society will soon become the Chicago Bird Alliance. Leaders of the bird conservation organization decided to adopt a new name after grappling with the legacy of John James ...