During her first year at the Yale School of Architecture, Kenyan graduate student Barbara Nasila was tasked to design a hypothetical outdoor pavilion in a local neighborhood called Dixwell, featuring an original copy of the enslaver John James Audubon’s book, The Birds of America. As…

Hace miles de años, rapaces gigantes vivieron en la isla que ahora conocemos como Cuba. El Gigantohierax es un género extinto de águilas, cuyos fósiles se han encontrado en depósitos de cuevas locales y rezumaderos de alquitrán. Con un peso estimado de 13 kilos y medio, el Gigantohierax…

In this episode, Adé Ben-Salahuddin, an evolutionary biologist in training, reflects on how his connection with birds has changed over the years. The simple fact that birds are the only living dinosaurs left was what drew him to birds for a long time. He would share that fact with visitors…