JOHN-JAMES-AUDUBON NEWS

The islands of Louisville: How to visit and what to know about these Ohio River spots

The Ohio River is a relentless force, shaping and reshaping the landscape in its path. Despite billions of gallons flowing by each day, persistent dredging and engineering of the waterway and the stea...

A Flamingo flock inspires hope. Have the rare birds returned to the Everglades for good?

For the last century, flamingos in Florida were more likely to be spotted on T-shirts and cups in a souvenir shop than flapping around in the wild. Then last summer, a flock of the rare and beautiful ...

How to enjoy nature if you hate camping, hiking, and bugs

As a dog walker in Southern California, Rubén Arteaga spends a lot of time outside — at nearby parks, the beach, and on mountain trails. Yet with all his attention on the dogs and his mileage tracker,...

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Books That Illustrate Nature with Nature Itself

Although more books on natural history have been published in the twenty-first century than at any other time, we still tend to think of the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries as the golden age of natural history publication. John James Audubon and James Bateman took their publications to the extremes in size, while Maria Sibylla Merian, Mark Catesby, Pierre-Joseph Redouté, Marcus Elieser Bloch, John Gould, and other naturalist-artists bedazzled their contemporaries with illustrations that...

Library News

Audubon Branch: Call 716-689-4922 or visit the branch at 350 John James Audubon Parkway to register for programs. Baby Story Time (ages 18 months and under): 10: 30 to 11 a. m. Wednesday, April 24. Ca...

In the footsteps of the shady naturalist Audubon: controversy is that thing with feathers

This story begins with the disappearance of a dinosaur. The other day I entered the Natural History Museum in London, one of those places where I feel at home (or better) to come face to face with a m...

Today in History: TTNET Joint Stock Company was Established

April 26 is the 116st day of the year (117nd in leap years) according to the Gregorian calendar. There are 249 days remaining until the end of the year. Events 1865 – John Wilkes Booth, who assassinat...

For this Vermont poet, spring marks the start of hiking and writing season

Apr 22, 2024 — Todd Moe For this Vermont poet, spring marks the start of hiking and writing season For Vermont poet David Crews , spring is the time for 'deepening the practice' by reading and researc...

Driver in Amherst crash that killed three could receive lighter sentence

BUFFALO, N. Y. — Prosecutors say that Jayla L. Mueller, 19, pleaded guilty Tuesday for her role in a crash that killed three of her passengers in Amherst in February 2023. Mueller faced three counts of manslaughter and one count of reckless driving. ...