In the 17th century, a gardener created a strange book of birds in which the illustrations were completely made of feathers. We have no idea why he made it, although it has been suggested that it ...

Now that spring has sprung and the best season for bird-watching is upon us, here are two handy books that crossed my desk in ...

A feather seems like such an insubstantial thing. Put enough of them together, though, and they can do something nearly miraculous. Three new picture books focusing on birds all see something ...

As McCommons tells it, many of America’s early ornithologists were social misfits who, ironically enough, found a common ...