My friend Trip Lamb’s recent photographs from Africa reinforced for me the value of vicarious ecology, which I define as enjoying someone else’s outdoor experiences. Vicarious ecology offers ways to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A pair of Europe’s most colorful birds were spotted in central Germany yesterday after having returned to their breeding grounds ...

This footage captures a colorful bee-eater perched quietly on a branch while holding a freshly caught insect. Known for their agility and precision, bee-eaters spend much of their day searching for ...

My friend Trip Lamb’s recent photographs from Africa reinforced for me the value of vicarious ecology, which I define as enjoying someone else’s outdoor experiences. Vicarious ecology offers ways to ...

A hidden camera captured a rare moment of colorful bee-eater birds near their nesting site. These stunning birds were observed up close as they stayed near their burrow, revealing a hidden side of ...

One of the more fascinating and beautiful families of birds in Africa is one we don’t see in the Western Hemisphere, Meropidae, the family of Bee-eaters. The name Meropidae is derived from Merops, ...