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Lost Animals: Extinction and the Photographic Record: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

The idea of Lost Animals was conceived after the publication of Extinct Birds (2001), a 400-page, four-pound book on 75 extinct species. Lost Birds looks at photographic representations of 28 species, 21 of which are birds. Some document one of the last views of the species, others are of the last representative of the species.

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The Black Album: Black Birders, Blackpoll Warblers, Black-tailed Godwits, Black Flamingos, and more

10,000 Birds

Only you can help prevent three threatened Australian birds from permanently falling victim to sugar gliders, according to a crowdfunding campaign. Help them rack up 4,000 species in 24 hours on eBird!). Pigeons make themselves surprisingly comfy way down below in Frankfurt, Germany’s railway system.

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