It was a cold afternoon in Maine, and I was looking at the Steller’s Sea-Eagle perched on a tall coniferous tree across Boothbay Harbor,...

With spring migration near (though for some nearer than others, looking at you birders in the south), I thought it was a good time...

Turtles are the reptile everybody loves. At the very least appreciated for their hard-shell adaptation, the way they quietly survive in ponds, rivers, oceans,...

The American Birding Association has declared that 2022 is the year of the Burrowing Owl, but if Rosemary Mosco has her way, it will...

Once upon a time, bird field guides included nests. This may have been partly a leftover from the Victorian fascination with egg collecting (the...

Doug Futuyma believes in science and in the scientific basis of evolution. This shouldn’t have to be stated, especially in a book on bird...

Nature enthusiasts visiting Costa Rica have been blessed with a plethora of field guides and handbooks, from Richard Garrigues and Robert Dean’s The Birds...

Some people read cookbooks though they have no intention of whipping up a mushroom risotto, some people read bird guide books, even when the...