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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

A native Australian bird, protected under state and federal law, is being shut out of its nesting grounds a month before a two-day festival at the site. A colony of the migratory rainbow bee-eater has ...