Mr. Cañas-Valle’s discovery, described in the journal Ornithology in November, may be the first documented example of ...

In 1799, during his explorations along the Orinoco River, German naturalist Alexander von Humboldt “stayed with a local ...

Researchers in China found Baminornis zhenghensis, which lived at roughly the same time as the famous Archaeopteryx but ...

A photographer’s Covid-era hobby turned into a four-year project that produced around half a million photos. But one stood out from them all.

From picture books to graphic novels, fantasy to family fun, these must-read books have the power to hook kids of any gender. Some are cultural touchstones that belong in every kid's library. Others ...

Kosiński was a Polish-American who lived through World War II as a Jewish boy, writing in his adulthood to process such trauma. While “The Painted Bird” is largely fictional, Kosiński attributes it as ...

Bird books, bird puzzles and bird games, of course. This year Mark and I exchanged Christmas presents in person with our sons and their families and my sister and her husband during a multi-day ...

Scientists have identified traits linked to the extinction of 216 bird species since 1500. The study published in Avian Research analysed traits correlated with extinction timing. Species most likely ...

It has been tempting to view the C.I.A. as omniscient. Yet Coll’s chastening new book about the events leading up to the Iraq War, in 2003, shows just how often the agency was flying blind.

The best lenses for bird photography will help you get close to birds and wildlife from a distance. I'm here to help you snap up the best buys. I feel that the best lenses for bird photography solve a ...

A subtype of bird flu caused by avian influenza A (H5) virus has been spreading worldwide in wild birds with a few outbreaks in poultry, dairy cows and other mammals across the United States ...