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A pair of giant, extinct birds depicted on a rock in Australia could be the continent’s oldest work of art.

Extinct Bird Key to Dating Australia’s Oldest Cave Art

When humans first set foot on Australia’s northern shores, a bird three times the height of an emu, would have been on their menu

On Eastern Egg Rock, off Maine's coast, researchers label favored hangouts to help track the birds and monitor their behavior.

A Puffin Comeback

Atlantic puffins had nearly vanished from the Maine coast until a young biologist defied conventional wisdom to lure them home

Northern quolls, cat-size Australian marsupials

Wild Things: Life as We Know It

Hummingbirds, birch trees, queen bees, northern quolls and more…

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Letters

Readers Respond to the April Issue

Allen Ginsberg, facing the camera, believed that both poetry and photography could reveal "the luminousness of the ordinary event."

Allen Ginsberg’s Beat Family Album

The famous beat poet’s photographs reveal an American counterculture at work and play

Harvey Tananbaum says Chandra has "offered us clues about ... the universe's ultimate destiny."

Far Sighted

The Chandra X-Ray Center at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Laboratory helps scientists observe a fantastic range of phenomena

Christo's 24.5-mile-long, 18-foot-high Running Fence graced the hills of two California counties for two weeks in September 1976.

Christo’s California Dreamin’

In 1972, artists Christo Jeanne-Claude envisioned building a fence, but it would take a village to make their Running Fence happen

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What’s Up

The success of To Kill a Mockingbird overwhelmed Harper Lee.

Harper Lee’s Novel Achievement

With To Kill a Mockingbird, published 50 years ago, Lee gave America a story for the ages. Just don’t ask her about it

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