I sort through the pile and choose two different outstanding books about birds and culture to read and perhaps compare: "Avian Illumination: A Cultural History of Birds," by Boria Sax (Reaktion Books ...

Cave ecostourism is creating jobs in Colombia, but it could also be impacting on guácharos (known as oilbirds; Steatornis caripensis), a nocturnal, fruit-eating bird. There are thought to be tens of ...

Winter has finally made an appearance after a really nice, long and beautiful fall season. The change of seasons is what makes living in Western New York state so interesting. I’ve spoken to so many ...

Winter is finally making an appearance after a really nice, long and beautiful fall season. The change of seasons is what makes living in Western New York state so interesting. I’ve spoken to so many ...

The great bustard, now an endangered species, was once hunted and eaten for ancient funeral rites, researchers say. Getty Images/iStockphoto On the northern peninsula of Morocco, just across the sea ...

For a long time, New Zealand’s ancient past felt incomplete. Bits and pieces here and there. A few fossils. Large gaps. Now, a cave near Waitomo on the North Island has quietly changed that picture.