When writing about kingfishers, my first thought is always to come up with some lame statement about kingfishers being the poor man’s pittas –...

Peter Cavanagh has, he says, taken more than 800,000 photos of flying birds.  Even in an era of digital photos, digital cameras and digital...

Another milestone reached! A couple of days ago, with the help of Australia I was able to observe my 600th life species. And even...

My buttocks are hurting, and I am exhausted after cycling for four hours. Of course, everyone recommends building up strength after the winter break...

While ulula sounds like a stupid dance people going on Caribbean cruises are forced to participate in, it is also part of the Latin...

For many years the Balearic island of Mallorca was the most popular overseas destination for British birdwatchers, sampling the delights of Mediterranean birding for...

By Itamar Procaccia, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel Itamar Procaccia is a professor at the Weizmann Institute in Rehovot, Israel, specializing...

Morelia is a city surrounded on three sides by pine/oak forest. Go a little farther and you can also find different kinds of thorn...