One of the most intriguing birds around Broome is the Great Bowerbird. We often see them flying from place to place collecting items for...

Apologies to amphibian-lovers everywhere. The scene that unfolded in Kent Ridge Park in Singapore was quite gruesome to watch. A pair of White-crested Laughingthrushes, Garrulax...

When the birds of summer grow stale, a birder’s fancy turns to leps and odes. If you don’t know what those terms mean, think...

Sometimes the birds we see take a lot of work. I wouldn’t know about that myself, as I am a legendarily good birder who...

I grew up in one of the most beautiful cities in the world – Cape Town, South Africa. The birdlife in the Cape is...

I teach human evolution, and at some point I use a chart showing reversals in the Earth’s magnetic field, which in turn relates to...

Way back in mid-June when I started my southern California sojourn I mentioned that I was inundated with Western Bluebirds. Carbon Canyon Regional Park...

Birding and wildlife watching can be, as we all know, a solitary activity. And our practices, though familiar to anyone in our phenologically-attuned culture,...