Ornithologists at the Natural History Museum and UCLA are studying how smoke from the January wildfires will affect the region’s birds. It’s part of a broader scientific effort to understand ...

Just 10 minutes a week: That’s all it takes for volunteers to help scientists such as Olivia Sanderfoot, a postdoctoral scholar at UCLA, understand how birds respond to wildfire smoke.

Now stored in sealed plastic bags, the sooty plumes will help answer questions about how chronic smoke exposure affects birds ...