In the birding world, spectacular can sometimes be — in reality — just commonplace. A few years back, my children treated me to a bird-watcher’s dream trip — a week in the lowland tropical forests of ...

Whether we are dining, shopping or bird-watching, as humans we have a tendency to be lured by the attraction of eating, buying or seeing something new. And while we may wait for those new things to ...

A Turquoise-browed Motmot (Eumomota superciliosa) excavating a muddy hole to build its nest. The species persists in privately-owned forests but declines in open agricultural fields. Disclaimer: AAAS ...

In March of 1995, a researcher observed a motmot sitting on a low branch in the Costa Rican forest. Another joined it, carrying a deadly black-and-green poison dart frog in its beak. The second bird ...

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