Remember when Public Enemy proclaimed “Don’t Believe the Hype” to the masses? Wise counsel indeed, but sometimes hype deserves our trust.  Summer presents the...

Mousebirds (order Coliiformes) are one of the perennial puzzles in bird systematics. They do not look or act much like any other birds (my...

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...