“They were surprised by a piece that portrays a quail singing contest because bird owners were all sitting together ...

When the immigration officer spent so long looking through my passport, I started to get nervous. It turns out my passport ...

Its influence could not be overstated. “Hokusai: Waves of Inspiration” just opened at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and diagrams the career of the Edo ...

These haunting figures are a mix of butoh and contemporary dancers in costume, and their meandering performance is titled “Yokai Encyclopedia Hokusai's 100 Stories One After Another.” ...

The flaps mimick a class of feathers that are key to birds' most daring aerial ... No Incentive for Older Birds to Make New Friends Oct. 28, 2024 — Like people, birds have fewer friends as they ...

Today, it is in London’s Natural History Museum, the oldest piece in a collection of more than 5000 bird nests. “That nest is a small encapsulation of the environment of Rio de Janeiro in 1768 ...

Two new cases each were confirmed in Washington and California. The number of confirmed bird flu cases has risen in the U.S. to 31, federal health officials said on Thursday. Washington health ...

Early birds posed a fearsome threat. But as they responded to these competitors, cicadas evolved sleeker and more powerful wings, according to a paper published on Friday in the journal Science ...

Here’s how it works. The rapid evolution of cicadas' flight ability may have been spurred by the emergence of predatory birds, new research suggests. These insects' bodies and wing shapes ...

Containing 800 illustrations and covering the period 1812 to 1848, this omnibus edition collects 15 volumes of Hokusai’s manuals, showing his playful approach to drawing accompanied by amusing ...

No one in Northern Ireland has been prosecuted for illegally killing birds of prey, despite 89 confirmed incidents in the past 15 years. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)’s ...

The mountain with its snowy top and near symmetrical slopes have been the subject of numerous forms of art, including Japanese ukiyoe artist Katsushika Hokusai's Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji. Today, ...