My friend Trip Lamb’s recent photographs from Africa reinforced for me the value of vicarious ecology, which I define as enjoying someone else’s outdoor experiences. Vicarious ecology offers ways to ...

One of the more fascinating and beautiful families of birds in Africa is one we don’t see in the Western Hemisphere, Meropidae, the family of Bee-eaters. The name Meropidae is derived from Merops, ...

A native Australian bird, protected under state and federal law, is being shut out of its nesting grounds a month before a two-day festival at the site. A colony of the migratory rainbow bee-eater has ...

Discover the beauty of the Blue Tailed Bee Eater, a colorful migratory bird that returns to Singapore during the winter ...

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