Audubon was also a gifted painter. His life’s work in the form of the classic book ‘Birds of America’ is an invaluable documentation of both extinct species and an entire world of imagination.

his decision to dedicate his life to his art and his eventual triumph in the publication of his work The Birds Of America.

The life’s work of both a lover and observer of birds and nature. John James Audubon's Birds of America is a portal into the natural world. Printed between 1827 and 1838, it contains 435 life-size ...

The eagles find themselves in an environmental updraft since the early 2000s. Culturally, too, the animals are soaring.

Wilson’s warblers do not visit feeders, All About Birds reports, but if these tiny insectivores are out of luck in winter in ...

Here’s a look at these easygoing birds of North America and the qualities that make them so abundant. Check out 15 backyard birds you should know. Male red-wings, flashing their scarlet shoulder ...

The Library's collections include Mark Catesby's Natural History of Carolina, John James Audubon's The Birds of America and Maria Sibylla Merian’s illustrations of insect metamorphosis in Surinam. The ...

is evident from their complexity, but what that purpose is, remains to be determined by accurate observations and experiments. For more on this species, see its entry in the Birds of North America ...

Ohio, on 24 March 1900. Only a few birds still survived in captivity at this time. Concerted searches were made and rewards offered for the capture of wild passenger pigeons. From 1909 to 1912, the ...