Long Island is a land of many stereotypes, yet “forests full of mysterious ruins” is not really one of them. But when you can’t...

If you take only one thing away from this review, let it be this: Do not be intimidated by this book! Yes, even the...

Once you eliminate the risque jokes (I know, I know, but it’s a family blog) the Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet might have the most comical name...

Perfect is a big word, and using it right in the title of your book invites close scrutiny. Tim Birkhead, a respected ornithologist with...

Last weekend, I finally fulfilled a dream that has been hidden in my heart since I was a little girl watching Bugs Bunny cartoons...

I admit that sometimes I am pretty negative about ducks. They’re a bit creepy. I mean, I’ve had occasion to link this notorious paper...

As a child of the eighties, I experienced a number of elegies for Whooping Cranes. Commentators seemed to take their extinction as inevitable, although...

Sometimes it’s hard to know what to think about science reporting on this vast Internet of ours. When you receive a link to an...