In the dry limestone scrub of central Laos a remarkable bird lived unnoticed, even by locals, until late last year. That’s when a team from University of Melbourne and the Wildlife Conservation Society discovered a group of Bare-faced Bulbuls—assertive, thrush-sized songbirds with pink heads, devoid of feathers except for a fuzzy, mohawk-ish line along the [...]
We’re redesigning our home page, and we want your help. Here’s our director of communications, Miyoko Chu, to tell you more: Our web team is embarking on a new project—the redesign of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s home page. We hope you’ll join us for the ride, as many of you did when we redesigned [...]
[viddler id=a24db332&w=437&h=340] A Toco Toucan’s bill glows hot (in infrared) as it sheds body heat into the surrounding cool air. Time-lapse video courtesy Glenn Tattersall, Brock University. . Not everyone who vacations in the tropics is a bird watcher – but everyone knows a toucan when they see one. Their bills approach the unbelievable: great, [...]
