Archive - Feathered Friends & Other History

Eskimo Curlew: Portrait of a Shorebird

Flocks of these migrating birds once stretched for miles

Jun 25 •

May 2025

Giga-Goose: An Australian Giant

Fossils reveal new information about the last of Australia’s thunder birds

May 28 •

Heath Hens: Booming Ben and the End of a Species

A brief history of a vanished subspecies of prairie chicken

May 6 •

April 2025

Cheese: A World History

Cheesemaking has a fascinating history

Apr 24 •

Carolina Parakeet: Portrait of a Vanished Species

A natural history of an extinct parrot

Apr 19 •

Terror Birds: Apex Predators of the Cenozoic

These imposingly large birds rose to dominance in the wake of the Late Cretaceous mass extinction

Apr 12 •

The Sinking of the White Ship or the “Medieval Titanic”

An event that changed the course of English history

Apr 8 •

Eohippus: Dawn of the Horse

The evolution of an American icon

Apr 3 •

March 2025

Barbary Lions: A Natural History

A subspecies of lion that has inspired fascination and captured the imagination of many

Mar 26 •

The Mysterious Spotted Green Pigeon

Where did this beautiful species live?

Mar 7 •

February 2025

Downy Woodpeckers: North America's Smallest Woodpecker

Interesting facts about an adorable bird

Feb 11 •

Ivory-Billed Woodpecker: The Rise and Fall of the “Lord God Bird”

A natural history of the ivory-billed woodpecker

Feb 2 •

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