January has the potential to be a particularly special month for birders. Not only do the holidays often bring new books and toys to...

It is interesting to contemplate a frozen bank, clothed with ice of many kinds, with birds not singing on the bushes, with various insects...

The next I and the Bird will be hosted Down Under in the capable hands of Trevor’s Birding. Make sure you’re down with it...

Anyone who has browsed around our site has probably noticed the bright badges promoting Bird Top 100 and Fatbirder 500. These sites, called toplists...

If you haven’t seen Oekologie, the One Year Anniversary Edition at The Infinite Sphere yet, it’s ready and waiting for you. If reading it...

‘Twas the great Oscar Wilde (not that rogue Oscar Wildlife) who opined, “But what is the difference between literature and journalism? …Journalism is unreadable...

Just two short weeks ago, I proudly announced that one of Charlie’s posts was selected for inclusion in the anthology of the best science...

As long as the ivory-bill’s existence remains ambiguous, North America’s reigning woodpecker must be the Pileated Woodpecker.  This hulking beauty, black and white with...