John LaMacchia, “Red Knot” (2016), from the series Birds of America John James Audubon’s Birds of America series captures the wondrous appearances and behaviors of North American avians, recording 435 ...

Something subtle has been happening in the skies above North America for decades. The V-formations of geese, the first ...

There's a quiet that has been settling over American backyards for decades now. It's not the peaceful kind. Since 1970, ...

As the climate crisis worsens, so does pressure on wildlife. The number of birds in North America has declined by 3 billion in the last 50 years. Brooke Bateman, director of climate science at the ...

Chinese Drawing Room at Temple Newsam House, with birds cut from John James Audubon’s ‘Birds of America’ and birds painted on the original wallpaper (courtesy Leeds City Council) Birds from Audubon’s ...

The number of birds in America's grasslands and shorelines has declined by a third in the last 50 years, according to a new report. But birds are staging a comeback in wetlands. PFEIFFER: The pinyon ...

In the first half of the 19th century, the French ornithologist Jean-Jacques Audubon travelled to America to depict birdlife along the Mississippi River. Audubon was also a gifted painter. His life’s ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Issued in 100 parts, with 5 plates for each part. "The last, or a reprint of the last, complete edition of Audubon's work on the birds of America.

Birds and their migratory habits may be the operative image in “Birds of North America,” which is being given workmanlike treatment at Chester, but it shouldn’t go unnoticed that the central issue in ...

Down the Ohio River floated a skiff manned by two Negroes, carrying a young couple and their baby to a new home farther west. The long-haired young man, whose weathered face belied his trade, was a ...