Although legislation passed by Congress is more visible, most regulations are issued by the vast federal bureaucracy. For those interested in avian conservation, some...

Birders derive “value” from birding. But does the value of a particular trip come from the number of birds seen, viewing a particular species,...

Because its habitat consists largely of land that is valuable for oil and natural gas exploration and extraction, protection of the Greater Sage-Grouse has...

By some measures, Shanghai is the most populated city in the world. That does not make it sound like a very promising or important...

In mid-December, I was birding along the Beljarica levee (Beh-LYAH-ritza), my local patch north of Belgrade, when something other than birds attracted my attention:...

Spoon-billed Sandpiper at Tiaozini, Jiangsu, China The Spoon-billed Sandpiper is probably the most iconic bird species in China – to the point that some...

The coastal subspecies of California Gnatcatcher (Polioptila californica californica) can be found in sage scrub that was once abundant from Ventura County to northern...

September and October are probably the best two months in Shanghai – it is warm but not unbearably hot, and it does not rain...