As of this post, our Facebook page is only 42 “likes” away from reaching 10,000! We’re pretty excited by this news as it means...

Hugh Powell is a science editor at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Hugh, who years ago helped me find my first Pauraque in the...

One of the reasons I enjoy about reviewing books is the opportunity to read titles I wouldn’t ordinarily encounter, not because they aren’t good...

In winter Dunlin are bland birds, the color of sand on a gray morning. Don’t get me wrong, they are nice to see, mostly...

Can the best bird of your weekend be one you didn’t see? Obviously, not seeing a desired bird can place the offender in the...

While we are away in the Southern Highlands trying to keep warm and enjoying the bird species of that area I will share with...

It eats like a hummingbird and is tiny like a hummingbird, but the oldest pollinating bird was not a hummingbird. Pumiliornis tessellatus was a now-extinct...

Many people have heard of the immense Amazon Rainforest with its astonishing biodiversity. Some people might have heard of the highly endangered Atlantic Rainforest...