Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama make up Central America. Notice that had I not used the Oxford Comma there,...

There is a virtual flock of new and interesting bird science news all of the sudden, including the rediscovery of an extinct Bahama Nuthatch....

We expect climate change to have a mostly negative effect on natural habitats, at least short and medium term. Yes, there has “always” been...

Perhaps some other time I’ll write in more detail about the links between Minnesota’s Bell Museum and birds. There are many. Now I’ll just...

Let us begin by establishing the following facts as true: – I am not a monkey’s uncle, yet, in a certain way, I am....

What is sex? This is a simple question with a complicated answer. Part of the answer is this: The biological identity of an individual...

One of the key features of birds, and I use the term “key” literally, is vocalization. Very few other vertebrates use sound so socially...

Hawaiian Crows Use Tools. From Nature, “Discovery of species-wide tool use in the Hawaiian crow“: Only a handful of bird species are known to...