All good things, it is said, must come to an end. Of course, we know that so much of what thrills and inspires us...

Now that we’re past May Day, the next month promises some of the most spectacular migratory action of the calendar year. If you’re reading...

Birding, like so many other things, is bigger in Texas. How else can you explain the 312 species the Swarovski Optik “Fabulous EL Fifties”...

SeaWorld and similar attractions that serve up cetacean entertainment to the masses don’t do that much for me. However, many of the professionals who...

A Pine Marten (Martes martes) is a northern European mustelid, like an arboreal weasel. A Black Stork (Ciconia nigra) is a big bruiser of...

Bird watchers on my latitude and perhaps yours as well have reason to look forward to this coming weekend. I can’t promise an end...

Friends and bird-bloggers, we’ve come to an inflection point in the history of the longest-running natural history blog carnival on the web. I and...

When the word “phoebe” comes up, most people automatically think of things like the outermost of Saturn’s known satellites, the Greek Titan-goddess of the...