Under a cracked and leaky ceiling, Andres Cuervo works on a colorful, dead hummingbird for the ornithological collection of the National University of Colombia, the country with more bird species than ...

Collection bequeathed to National Museums Scotland includes species that are unknown to science A remarkable collection of fossilised birds that lived 55 million years ago has been bequeathed to the ...

Gurney’s contributions to bird identification and knowledge of many species are largely forgotten today but the book aims to ...

Containing specimens from different locations, sometimes spanning across centuries, museum collections can teach us a lot about how some animals are built and how we can protect them. Properly labeled ...

On the table in this photograph are the remains of more than 130 wedge-tailed eagles (Aquila audax) — Australia’s largest bird of prey. The birds had been poisoned, and I needed to confirm the species ...

Lined with endless rows of white cabinets, Harvard’s Ornithology Collection is imposing — even mausoleum-like — upon first glance; it’s only after opening the drawers that the true colors of the ...

A digital art installation is aiming to bring a Nottinghamshire museum's bird collection to a new audience. Mansfield Museum's Victorian and Edwardian bird taxidermy exhibits will be a focus of a ...