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Jamestown, New York

Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History

This manor in the woods memorializes one of the greatest birders of a generation.
Video • Wonder From Home

Watch the Cutest Little Hummingbird on Its 3,000-Mile Migration

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There are billions and billions of galaxies out there, beyond our own.
science

How to Help Scientists Without Leaving Home

Gaze out the window or at your computer, in the name of data.
Jessica Leigh Hester March 25, 2020
The Cape Gannet Colony
Lambert's Bay, South Africa

Bird Island Nature Reserve

This small island off Lambert's Bay is home to more than 2,000 Cape gannets and is the only such breeding colony open to the public.
Cotton, in front of an exhibition on hybridization.
taxidermy

The Black Taxidermist Who Made History at Chicago's Field Museum

A new exhibit celebrates the life and work of Carl Cotton.
Sabrina Imbler February 27, 2020
The chubby, moss-colored, papaya-scented kākāpō.
islands

How One Man and His Dog Rowed More Than 700 Kākāpōs to Safety

In the late 19th century, Richard Henry laid a blueprint for modern conservation in New Zealand.
Sabrina Imbler February 19, 2020
Love fades.
animals

How a Minnesota Town Fell In and Out of Love With Its Ginormous Geese

Like most human-fowl relationships, it's complicated.
Molly Monk February 13, 2020
A peregrine falcon who just had lunch.
animals

Peregrine Falcons Came Home to Roost in a Boeing 737 Plant

After pausing production of the 737 MAX, Boeing will get help evicting its resident birds of prey.
Sabrina Imbler February 13, 2020
A two-year-old falcon and his trainer at a demonstration.
animals

How the United Arab Emirates Became the Center of Falconry’s Gyre

And the hub of a world-spanning market for champion raptors.
Joshua Hammer February 11, 2020
Located on the Jaffna Peninsula, the Thondamanaru Lagoon has become a crucial wetland on the Central Asian Flyway, one of the world’s major migratory routes.
nature

How Landmines Made This Sri Lankan Lagoon an Avian Paradise

But once it's demined, it may be developed. Can one man's ecotourism plan protect it for the birds?
Colin Daileda February 4, 2020
In "The Mating Proposal," a male common kingfisher offers fish to a female. This is the most complex sculpture Rajput has built so far.
art

A Self-Taught Indian Artist Sculpts Intricate Birds From Paper and Wire

Around 100 bird species have taken wing from the studio of New Delhi artist and conservationist Niharika Rajput.
Richa Malhotra February 4, 2020
<em>Ornitography #97</em>.
art

How One Photographer Captures the Glory of Birds in Flight

An otherworldly look at a familiar sight.
Winnie Lee January 10, 2020
Alec and his friend.
Belfast, Northern Ireland

'Alec the Goose'

The statue honors a beloved bird that once roamed St. George's Market.
Woodpecker Column
Toronto, Ontario

'Woodpecker Column'

The giant birds honor two native North American species.
Permanently Closed
Birdhouse Paradise of Bill Larkin.
Loogootee, Indiana

Birdhouse Paradise of Bill Larkin

One man's goal to be surrounded by color resulted in this enchanting assortment of avian abodes.
Cheyenne Bottoms.
Great Bend, Kansas

Cheyenne Bottoms

This 41,000-acre wetland complex is the largest marsh in the interior of the United States.
Black and white ruffed lemur.
Lamont, Florida

North Florida Wildlife Center

View rare birds and interact with lemurs at this nonprofit run entirely by volunteers.
Researchers analyzed ancient DNA from ibis mummies, millions of which have been found in Egyptian catacombs.
mummies

Ancient Egypt’s Ibis Mummies Were Probably Not Raised in Giant Sacred Ranches

Genetic research suggests a more local solution to meet demand.
Isaac Schultz November 14, 2019