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In Winter, Puffins Lead Very Different Lives
Every summer, puffins — like this Horned Puffin — grow blazingly colorful layers over the bases of their huge beaks. But in the winter, puffins lead …
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Double-jointed Hawks and Convergent Evolution
Crane Hawks of Central and South America and African Harrier-Hawks both have legs that bend forward and backward. Each bird’s wonderfully peculiar le…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Protecting the Madagascar Fish-Eagle
Biodiversity conservationist Lily-Arison Rene de Roland works with some of the rarest birds in the world. He’s the Madagascar program director for th…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Common Potoo: Branch or Bird?
Common Potoos are champions of camouflage. In the daytime these nocturnal creatures perch perfectly still on branches: heads pointed upward, bodies o…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
The Gyrfalcon – A Circumpolar Raptor
Gyrfalcons are circumpolar, nesting in the far north of Asia, North America, and Europe, including Iceland and Greenland. They evolved as a distinct …
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Jane Kim and the Wall of Birds
Walk into the visitor center at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and you’ll be greeted by a massive mural called the Wall of Birds. About the size of a…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Costa Rica Pulses with Life
It’s early morning in Costa Rica. Tiny bats nestle in a tree after a night on the wing. A Great Kiskadee calls. Gray-capped Flycatchers sally forth f…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
The Birds of Yoga
Pigeon Pose. Crow Pose. Eagle pose. Bird of paradise. Writer Trisha Mukherjee, who is also a yoga teacher, discusses the connections these bird-inspi…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Sparrow Loves Birds
From an early age, urban ornithologist Murry Burgess loved to draw and tell stories – and that passion stayed with her as her love for birds grew as …
6 months, 3 weeks ago
A Grandchild’s Song for Robins
Ray Young Bear is a writer, musician and a member of Meskwaki Nation. He considers himself a word collector, writing poetry in both English and Meskw…
6 months, 3 weeks ago