Speckled Woods are found through most of Palearctic. Two inches across, they are grey-brown with creamy spots, which are brighter and more yellowish in...

There are 35 raptor species that have a presence in the United States and Canada, 56 (more or less) if you count by subspecies,...

There’s more than one obsession in The Feather Thief, and though the mind boggles at the lengths to which the obsessed go in order...

Every once in a while you stumble on a new natural history book that seems destined to be a classic. Is that a bold...

If you like birds and you also like . . . Oh, wait. I already know that you like birds — that’s why you’re...

Gulls make my head spin. You know why. To borrow from the Patty Duke Show theme song (I’m dating myself, I don’t care): “They...

• Inheritors of the Earth: How Nature is Thriving in an Age of Extinction (Chris D. Thomas, Public Affairs) • The Aliens Among Us:...

Happy May Day!  Here in New York City, May is a magic time for birders as the migration floodgates open. To celebrate spring migration,...