Birds

The artist depicts the feathered friends behind the celebratory soundtrack of the season.

After Hurricane Idalia, Floridians reported more sightings of flamingos than they did in the entire twentieth century.

A group of eccentric endangered birds serves as a bellwether of the climate crisis.

Feline residents of Walldorf, Germany, can’t go outside when certain birds are breeding. Is it cruelty or conservation?

She reigned at San Francisco’s Palace of Fine Arts, but life wasn’t always easy.

Darwin thought that family trees could explain evolution. The hoatzin suggests otherwise.

Wetlands absorb carbon dioxide and buffer the excesses of drought and flood, yet we’ve drained much of this land. Can we learn to love our swamps?

We’re so sorry about the loss of your chihuahua.

“Carla! Aliens!”

The artist visits the Wild Bird Fund, a small nonprofit wildlife hospital on the Upper West Side.

The artist Fred Tomaselli spent the pandemic painting psychedelic designs and collaging over front pages of the Times—surreally mismatching headlines and photos, like the late Barry the Central Park Owl with the chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal—now on display in a digital gallery show.

The Freon-rumped eider, the solar hummingbot, and other avian creatures to come.

The author discusses “The Ghost Birds,” her story from the latest issue of the magazine.

Heather Wolf, a part-time juggling impresario, feeds her birding habit with an app that pegs species—even on the Brooklyn Bridge—using both images and birdsong.

Look for any self-identifying apparel—birds love name-centric swag.

Birds native to Australasia are being found in Renaissance paintings—and in medieval manuscripts. Their presence exposes the depth of ancient trade routes.

Golden-crowned kinglet, you’re looking great! And I know that yesterday you ate the equivalent of ten per cent of your body weight.

Last year was a difficult one for them, too.

Birds do it. Bees do it. Learning about the astounding navigational feats of wild creatures can teach us a lot about where we’re going.