In the preface of “Latin for Bird Lovers” (Timber Press), Roger Lederer and Carol Burr explain the importance of binomial nomenclature, the scientific names of Greco-Latin origin that have been ...

THIS book is a monument of patient industry redolent rather of the midnight oil than of the woods and fields. It is mainly an anthology of quotations from Latin, American, and English poets. As a ...

Every year at around this time, tens of thousands of people take part in a kind of bird-watching marathon. From Canada to Latin America and throughout the United States, participants will get up in ...

A bird common in the Andes in South America – but rarely seen in the United States – is making waves after it was spotted in Chicago. Bird watchers from across the country are flying to the Windy City ...

Brazil is the canary in the coal mine for the neotropics, indicating the potential future if the rest of the developing world follows the globally inherited pathway to success, Bennett writes. Brazil ...

Although the spotlight is on Asia, global tourism, migratory birds and international trade in both poultry and wild birds mean that other regions are also at risk. What of Africa, the Middle East and ...

Every year at around this time, tens of thousands of people take part in a kind of bird-watching marathon. From Canada to Latin America and throughout the United States, participants will get up in ...