Northern cardinals, blue jays, American robins, and house sparrows are common birds throughout city life. These small, ...

In 1827, naturalist John Audubon announced a massive discovery: the largest North American eagle. But did the Washington sea ...

Birds range from tiny hummingbirds to giant condors in the skies. These giant birds of prey will have you feeling the size of ...

Such is the case with “Birds of North America,” Anna Ouyang Moench’s look at a father-daughter dynamic throught the years and what their hopes, dreams, failures and successes say about all ...

If small, it may sell a thousand copies.” The Birds of America was printed large 39½ in. by 26½ in.) at $1,000 a set, and hardly 200 sets were sold. Any well preserved complete set of that ...

The birds also act as psychopomps ... s fictional whip-poor-wills draw on widespread Indigenous, European and American beliefs about the species. A whip-poor-will singing near one’s home ...

New research says long-billed curlews listen to alarm barks from prairie dog colonies to protect themselves from predators.

A male Paradisaea rubra, or red bird-of-paradise.Credit...Rene Martin/American Museum of Natural History Supported by By Jason Bittel Elaborate poses, tufts of feathers, flamboyant shuffles along ...