Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Chadd Scott covers the intersection of art and travel. In American ornithology one flies above all others. Hardcore birders refer ...

For better and worse, the name Audubon has become almost synonymous with birds. The reason, of course, is John James Audubon, whose “Birds of America” project, published from 1827 to 1838, catalogued ...

AUDUBON’S AMERICA—Edited by Donald Culross Peattie—Houghton Mifflin ($6). John James Audubon migrated up & down early 19th-Century North America about as freely as the birds he painted. When he was ...

In December — a prime season for those big coffee table books that shoppers like to give as gifts — maybe we should raise a glass to bird artist John James Audubon, who helped popularize the genre ...

Setting out to capture in paintings the avian life of a continent, John James Audubon (1785-1851) was nothing if not audacious. His “The Birds of America” aspired to be not only beautiful and lifelike ...

Go see the New York Historical Society's exhibition of John James Audubon's "Audubon's Aviary" or go buy the book. Do it now. New perk: Easily find new routes and hidden gems, upcoming running events, ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

After 121 years of environmental advocacy, the group formerly known as Portland Audubon is changing its name to the “Bird Alliance of Oregon.” The conservation group took its original name from John ...

The seasonal sleigh bells are a’ jinglin’, and for some hawk-eyed observers around the Bay, that means it’s time to dust off ...

Long before technology became the primary means of measuring bird populations, a handful of conservation-minded folks set out ...