While insects continue to vanish at an alarming rate, the "apocalypse” remains relatively under-the-radar. Two of BACI’s past editors and conservation champions came together to shed light on new research on a killer persisting across lawns.

It’s time again to unveil the winners of our annual Birdathon! Did Second Cycle Birders hold onto first place as species count champs? And did the 2025 fundraising champs keep their spot? Find all the news here.

You don’t need a Ph.D. to study nature. That’s right, I said study—not just observe or enjoy. BACI editor Olivia talks with Indy natives Jack and Kam of the environmental education project, Ecology Amateurs, about Instagram bird blogging, big days, gatekeeping, and real science impact.

So you live in Central Indiana and recently picked up birding. Welcome! Our local experts wrote a four-part guide just for you, on everything you could want to know about our birds and community. In part three, ABAS Editorial Chair Olivia Bautch tells you where you can learn about birds in the region.

Eight birders and their guides enjoyed a morning full of colorful late spring warblers and birdsong, courtesy of ABAS and Friends of Marott Woods Nature Preserve.

Jeremiah Oden, Sheridan birder and tour guide of the Americas, grew up an outdoorsman, and he knew Indiana’s birds—robins, cardinals, chickadees, and the like. But it wasn’t until 2020 that he realized that “tropical” birding can be found in the least expected place: among the Indiana cornfields.

The latest update in the BACI name change centers around an avian symbol of Central Indiana and its community of bird lovers. Find out what’s new here.