As more and more "historical" checklists are added to the platform, birds we've lost now mingle with those still hanging on.

John James Audubon was an American artist and naturalist best known for his detailed paintings of North American birds. Audubon’s color-plate book The Birds of America (1827–1839), is widely acclaimed ...

The reason, of course, is John James Audubon, whose “Birds of America” project, published from 1827 to 1838, catalogued more than 400 birds in life-size prints. The works captured the avian ...

It's not hard to imagine why a group of teenagers might attempt to steal John James Audubon's book The Birds of America, a true story told in the film American Animals. Published 1827-1838, it's ...

John James Audubon, naturalist and artist famous for his drawings and paintings of North American birds, died at his home in New York City on Jan. 27, 1851. He was 65. Audubon was born April 26 ...

Audubon was also a gifted painter. His life’s work in the form of the classic book ‘Birds of America’ is an invaluable documentation of both extinct species and an entire world of imagination.

The aptly named George Bird Grinnell developed an early and abiding love for birds. As a boy, he attended school in John James ... in North America, the founder of the Audubon Society and the ...