Three Midwestern chapters of the National Audubon Society, a nonprofit bird conservation group, are dropping the “Audubon” branding over namesake John James Audubon’s racist views and ties to slavery.

Why Mary Katrantzou admires Audubon's illustrations, an Issey Miyake bodice and the rainbow flag. By Nicole Acheampong The birding group has rebranded as NYC Bird Alliance because of John James ...

After 121 years of environmental advocacy, the group formerly known as Portland Audubon is changing its name to the “Bird Alliance of Oregon.” The conservation group took its original name from John ...

In December — a prime season for those big coffee table books that shoppers like to give as gifts — maybe we should raise a glass to bird artist John James Audubon, who helped popularize the genre ...

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Portland Audubon isn’t just another bird club. It’s one of the oldest and largest local chapters of the National Audubon Society. The nonprofit was started 121 years ago and today owns 172 acres of ...

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 lifelike ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – The Portland Audubon announced Tuesday it will change its name to distance itself from the racist slaveholder the society is named after. The Portland Audubon hasn’t decided ...

John James had been born Jean Rabin, his father’s bastard child, in 1785 on Jean Audubon’s sugar plantation on Saint Domingue (soon to be renamed Haiti). His mother was a 27- year-old French ...