Many people I know are begrudgingly returning to work today after a long weekend or holiday away. Perhaps you’re in the same boat. If...

I mentioned last week that we had set off on a journey north to check on the Tawny Frogmouth nest and then we continued...

Sometimes it’s hard to know what to think about science reporting on this vast Internet of ours. When you receive a link to an...

Saint Augustine famously asserted, “The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page.” Sometimes I think the world...

The noddies form their own little subgroup within the terns, a small tropical group (how related they are to each other I am unsure)...

There is no doubt in my mind that the annual Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) is the most impressive citizen science endeavor in the...

Genyornis newtoni, weighted about 500 pounds and stood seven feet tall. It was a bird, and this is where the whole bird-dinosaur thing gets...

Valentine’s Day has come and gone. Did you see any birds that you particularly loved this weekend? Here in New York City we suffered...