book review

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

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

If you like birds and you also like . . . Oh, wait. I already know that you like birds…

Gulls make my head spin. You know why. To borrow from the Patty Duke Show theme song (I’m dating myself,…

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

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

Two reactions on hearing that Steve Howell and Brian Sullivan have written a guide entitled Peterson Guide to Bird Identification–in 12…

About six-and-a-half years ago I had the privilege of watching a young Waved Albatross on the Galapagos island of Española…

I have to confess that it took me some time to warm up to Bruce M. Beehler’s North on the…

Darwin Day is February 12th, and for an early celebration I thought I’d take a look at a book that…