The Cornell Lab of Ornithology today announced the release of a new online tool for studying biodiversity and the ...

Population of birds in paintings at the Mauritshuis, from Anne Geene and Arjan de Nooy’s ‘Ornithology’ (all photos of the book by the author for Hyperallergic unless otherwise noted) (click to enlarge ...

Researchers have discovered a 149-million-year-old bird fossil in southeastern China, featuring a short tail structure that could rewrite the evolutionary history of birds. As detailed in a study ...

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Nest researcher Auke-Florian Hiemstra stumbled upon a bird nest that appeared to go back 30 years in time – filled with historical plastics. His discovery of successive layers of plastic in birds’ ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. After the infamous asteroid impact wiped out the dinosaurs, ...

Drawing of an ivory-billed woodpecker by Michael DiGiorgio. Community members are invited to learn about avian artworks at A Brief History of Bird Illustration and Painting, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 25 in ...

Presented by the Santa Barbara Audubon Society and the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History This informative and beautifully illustrated free presentation will survey the art of painting birds ...

This National Virginia Day, learn how Smithsonian scientists are using historic collections and current conservation practices to bring back declining populations of grassland birds Emma Saaty ...

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