birds

Perhaps Emily Dickinson was right when she wrote that “Hope is the thing with feathers.” That’s a conclusion one might reach, in any case, from reading Sigrid Nunez’s probing, delightful and masterful new novel, “The Vulnerables,” whose most endearing character is an erudite green parrot named Eureka.

You’d be surprised by what you may find and be inspired by others’ ventures. This is essentially how I landed on Ostrichland in Solvang. 

I have nightmares of being a mother at 7 years old / I want to ask my mother if she feels like me too.

In hope of surpassing a measly 4th place finish, we decided to wager all our points on this last shot at a podium finish.

To look at bird feeding as though it exists in a vacuum — an isolated act of service, man’s gift to birdkind — is utterly inaccurate.

This summer, go hiking with your cat! The benefit of the spaceship backpack is that it's made up of clear plastic, so your pet can see the world around you.

Birds in California are nesting more than a week earlier than they did a century ago, according to a recent UC Berkeley study.

The baby birds fluttered themselves upright as they fell onto a trampoline in a UC Berkeley laboratory — a behavior researchers say provides clues into the origin of birds' flight.