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A sumac seems like a short plant for a SkyWatch post, but it depends on one's perspective. Winged Sumac ( Rhus copallinum ) is one of se... -
In the coming year, the Royal Society is entering its 350th year of existence . It was founded on November 28, 1660, as a forum for scientis... -
Here are two more moths that came to the porch light recently. The first is one of the largest moths I have seen so far this year. This is a... -
A DNA study suggests that Kentish Plovers and Snowy Plovers, currently counted as populations of the same species ( Charadrius alexandrinus ... -
Photo credit: Jakob Vinther/Yale University A study announced this week determined that some ancient birds had iridescent black feathers , m... -
On this day in 1859, Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in t... -
Yesterday the US Fish and Wildlife Service released an updated list of candidates for listing under the Endangered Species Act. Candidates ... -
I took this photo last weekend during a walk along the Delaware and Raritan Canal between Landing Lane and Demott Lane. Seeing that pile of ... -
A Cattle Egret after being cleaned and released / US Coast Guard photo Birds and birding news Over 60% of the world's penguin species ... -
Readers of this blog might be interested in a new TV series about birding called Birding Adventures . It premiered last weekend on the Fox S...