Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. GrrlScientist writes about evolution, ecology, behavior and health. You may recall that I was a judge for the 2016 Royal Society ...

Robert Sundell, a local ornithologist and biology professor who was working on a manuscript of his notes on local birds before passing away in 2017. The book has recently been published by his friends ...

What’s in a bird name? Lots of facts and history. Names might commemorate historically significant people, or refer to places, anatomical features, or perceptions of intellect or behavior. Sometimes ...

No doubt because I once worked at a Jewish newspaper and have written a novel about a woman rabbi — not to mention a work of nonfiction called “The Talmud and the Internet” — I am sometimes asked if ...