The National Audubon Society has decided to keep its name after more than a year of taking a hard look at the legacy of its namesake John James Audubon, the 19th century illustrator and naturalist who ...
The Audubon Naturalist Society is dropping the name Audubon. John James Audubon was a famous ornithologist, who was also an enslaver and a grave robber who seized the skulls of Native Americans. The ...
One of the nation's largest bird conservation nonprofits is facing new pressure to rebrand after several local chapters decided to drop the name Audubon. "We cannot continue to condone bearing a name ...
We all know that John Audubon had lamentable views on race, but virtually every figure in history has some view or behavior that will trigger someone’s purity test and fail our current view of ...
Named for John James Audubon, the Audubon Society, both the national organization and the roughly 400 local chapters around the country, have gained a reputation for environmental conservation.
The world's most famous birdwatcher came to Charleston in 1831, returning over the next several years, each time staying in the home of a pastor on Rutledge Avenue. In John James Audubon's ...
LENOX — What’s in a name? When the name is John James Audubon, the famed 19th century bird expert and avian artist, the answer today is controversy. Two years after a major article in Audubon Magazine ...
The New York City Audubon has changed its name to the New York City Bird Alliance, citing its former namesake, John James Audubon’s racist past. “While we value John James Audubon’s contributions to ...
The largest federal grant in Mass Audubon’s 129-year history has been terminated by the Trump administration, leaving uncertain the future of 10,000 acres of forests and wetlands in the Connecticut ...
As Audubon magazine’s Field Editor for 45 years, Frank Graham, Jr. brought the beauty and resilience of nature into focus—as ...
The original Audubon Tea House, as it was known, opened in Audubon Park on April 21, 1919. According to The New Orleans Item, the Audubon Park Auxiliary Association hosted an opening day housewarming ...