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Birds

Foxes ate so many Aleutian cackling geese that by 1940, the birds were thought to be extinct.

Wild Goose Chase

How one man’s obsession saved an “extinct” species

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Dinosaur Death Trap

Mark Catesby's Blue Jay.

Mark Catesby’s New World

The artist sketched American wildlife for Europe’s high society, educating them on the creatures living among the unexplored lands

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Cook Your Bird with Thermite!

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Annual Dinosaur Dissection Day

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T. Rex: The Other White Meat?

A San Francisco resident has learned that wild male turkeys can gobble on cue.

Jukebox: A Choir of Turkeys

Wild turkeys gobble on cue

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The Dinosaur in Winter

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What Dinosaurs Walked Here?

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Hearts Afire Flamingo Style

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Parrots Before Penguins

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Hatching a New Idea

Electronic eggs hatch new insights into breeding exotic birds at the National Zoo

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Masters of the Storm

Kennedy Warne, author of “The Amazing Albatrosses,” talks about dangerous waters and albatross love

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What’s Up

Jim Henson, photojournalist Lola Alvarez Bravo and the heaviest bird that can fly

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