While the ivory-billed woodpecker has attracted a lot of attention in the 21st century due to reported sightings, it was not been the only Arkansas-dwelling bird that went extinct during the 20th ...

The painting's artist was John James Audubon. Born in Haiti in 1785, the illegitimate son of a sugar plantation owner, he had dedicated his life to his work as a self-taught artist and ornithologist.

This sprawling space invites visitors to experience the world of insects with all five senses. One may look, listen, touch.

Needless to say, they lost.) Looking far back, I blame the patron saint of birdwatchers, John James Audubon, for the blue jay’s image problem. “Who could imagine,” the great artist effused in his ...

Looking on with amusement from the deck was white-haired John James Audubon, one day shy of 58. As Omega swung into the current, Audubon studied the dark waters of the Mississippi, on which he had ...

1904 By 1904, Florida Audubon's educational efforts are in full gear, with 14 educational leaflets produced and about 6,000 leaflets and pamphlets distributed. The following year, the Orange County ...

Keywords John James Audubon, ornithologist, painter, birds, nature, wildlife, "The Birds of America," American history, legacy, preservation. We digitized and uploaded this film from the A/V Geeks ...

This story has been updated to include funeral arrangements. Avid birder, wildlife enthusiast and conservationist John Oliver Fussell III, 75, of Morehead City, is being remembered for his decades of ...

He acquired ornithological texts, artwork by Roger Tory Peterson and Louis Agassiz Fuertes, and a complete set of Audubon’s double-elephant eagle prints. He purchased hundreds of photographs of eagles ...

John James Audubon, the artist and naturalist behind the famed Audubon’s Birds of America collection, revolutionized the naturalist movement and shed light on American wildflife. He also wasn’t a ...

FILE - John James Audubon, the pioneer field biologist and great bird artist of his time, who created the incomparable anthology "Birds Of America", is seen in this Jan. 1951 black and white photo ...