It eats like a hummingbird and is tiny like a hummingbird, but the oldest pollinating bird was not a hummingbird. Pumiliornis tessellatus was a now-extinct...

Many people have heard of the immense Amazon Rainforest with its astonishing biodiversity. Some people might have heard of the highly endangered Atlantic Rainforest...

Keep your eyes to the skies for raptors attacking bats (it happens!) The month of May is almost over, and its passing must be...

The forecast said „rain all day“ and with a mug of coffee in the morning, seeing a bright blue sky through the window I...

Many years ago, when I was a young and stupid Masters student in Conservation Biology, I was given the opportunity to pick a location...

There’s no doubt about it, we North American birders have it easy. Our warblers are impossibly colored. Our chat is big and weird. Our...

When I lived in Albany I used to get into the Adirondacks at all seasons. After all, it was only a couple of hours...

We’re a little slow to discuss this weekend’s birding because many of us in the U.S. are still enjoying a beautiful Memorial Day. But if...