Chris Maynard is obsessed with feathers. The artist, based in Olympia, Wash., thinks feathers show “life’s perfection,” in the way that they overlap and contour to a bird’s body. “Their complexity as ...

While driving around the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge last weekend, Kathy and I noticed stumpy-looking boat-tailed grackles and red-winged blackbirds with no tails. It was a sure sign that ...

There’s no shortage of talented artists in Nova Scotia, but in her small Greenwood, N.S. studio, Cynthia Henry is creating some magical works of art, using a very unconventional canvas. “Feather art ...

Bright, bold, and beautiful—bird feathers are some of nature’s most fascinating works of art. National Geographic photographer Robert Clark gives them special attention in his new book Feathers: ...