New at the Museum of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg is “Audubon’s Birds of America,” a collection of 46 prints on loan from the National Museums of Scotland. In the early-to-mid 19th century ...

The film explores the life of John James Audubon, a Frenchman who became a renowned American ornithologist and painter in the early 1800s. Audubon was captivated by the beauty of birds and nature, ...

HOUSTON — A new exhibition featuring a rare collection of prints is coming to the Houston Museum of Natural Science next month. The Audubon's Birds of America exhibition will feature 46 prints ...

“The reason the prints are so large is that Audubon wanted to present ... is thought to be extinct today (though avid birders still search for it). Audubon’s Birds of America is considered one of the ...

The reason, of course, is John James Audubon, whose “Birds of America” project, published from 1827 to 1838, catalogued more than 400 birds in life-size prints. The works captured the avian ...

Audubon’s color-plate book The Birds of America (1827–1839), is widely acclaimed as among the best ornithological studies ever produced. “I never for a day gave up listening to the songs of our birds, ...

In his richly researched newsletter, amateur historian Robert Francis takes deep dives into the country's complicated and ...

Six of Audubon's striking prints are on display in the Museum's Birds gallery ... You can look at (but can't touch) one of the original engraved plates from The Birds of America in the Treasures ...

Audubon’s Birds of America opens March 8 at HMNS (members see it first March 7), and will showcase a rare opportunity to see ...

Creativity and science are sometimes viewed with an antagonistic relationship. In school, maybe you were good at art, but ...