John James Audubon painted the natural world with a deep love and a nearly obsessive lust. His renditions of North American bird species are some of the most celebrated depictions of the natural world ...

ALBANY -- The stunning avian colors in John James Audubon's life-size color lithographs have been clouded by smoke from the 1911 Capitol fire and a century of benign neglect, but the valuable bird ...

John James Audubon was a complicated guy who left behind a fraught legacy. Bird lovers are probably familiar with his great gift, the famous “The Birds of America,” a four-volume series of avian art ...

Bright, beautiful birds of Florida greeted John James Audubon on his trek through Florida, and many of the creatures he saw firsthand ― some of which are extinct ― will be displayed through original ...

HOUSTON — A new exhibition featuring a rare collection of prints is coming to the Houston Museum of Natural Science next month. The Audubon's Birds of America exhibition will feature 46 prints from ...

nepalnepal — To some it’s just a bunch of bird pictures. To others, John James Audubon’s “Birds of America” is a rare blend of art, natural history and craftsmanship, unique enough to sell for more ...

The Manlius Library recently received a noteworthy donation - a real feather in its cap. Manlius residents Harold Jones, professor emeritus of Spanish at Syracuse University and his wife, Barbara, ...

Some of the most celebrated wildlife images in U.S. history will be displayed this spring and summer at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. “Drawn to Nature,” a collection of 75 John James Audubon bird ...

For decades, scholars have wondered what happened to naturalist John James Audubon's first commercial illustration, of a small bird called a heath hen. In 1824, the engraving was destined to decorate ...

In 1827, when John James Audubon’s “Birds of America” first went to print, a copy of the massive book was worth what would amount to $30,000 today. Subscribers bought special furniture just to display ...

A portrait of John James Audubon shows the artist and naturalist in a dark wolf-skin cloak, cradling a gun and sporting curly dark hair that was likely smoothed back with bear grease. The picture was ...

Early bird paintings and prints of John J. Audubon are on display on the first two floors of Widener Library. The exhibition, prepared by the College Library and the Museum of Comparative Zoology, ...