The story of Jessica Radcliffe and the killer whale has caught worldwide attention. It opened big talks about keeping sea animals in captivity, trainer safety, and the ethics of marine…

On open fields and gravel paths across North America, there’s a little bird that always seems overdressed: the Killdeer. At first glance, it looks like an ordinary plover, brown above and white below. But then you notice its most striking feature—a bold, double black band wrapping across its white chest. From a distance, it looks […]

Across the grasslands of eastern and southern Africa, where dawn breaks over acacia silhouettes and wetlands shimmer with mist, one bird rises above the rest—the Grey Crowned Crane, a living emblem of elegance and pride. With its golden crown of stiff, brush-like feathers and courtly gait, it looks less like a bird and more like […]

When Michael first spotted the tiny bundle of feathers on the side of a rural Pennsylvania road, he thought the little bird was gone. The owlet lay still, its eyes sealed shut, its small face injured. But something urged him to stop, to pick up the fragile body, and to wrap it in his hands. […]