John James Audubon, renowned for his knowledge of the American wilderness was equally adept at the quintessential American activity of self-invention. After unsuccessful attempts at various ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — The Charleston Museum, 360 Meeting Street, has announced a new spotlight exhibition entitled A Feel Guide to John James Audubon's Birds of America that will be shown from Feb ...

John James Audubon, the pioneer field biologist and great bird artist of his time, who created the incomparable anthology "Birds Of America", is seen in this January 1951 photo, taken from an 1851 ...

Setting out to capture in paintings the avian life of a continent, John James Audubon (1785-1851) was nothing if not audacious. His “The Birds of America” aspired to be not only beautiful and lifelike ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A rare first edition of John James Audubon’s sumptuously illustrated “The Birds of America,” depicting more than 400 life-size North American species in four monumental volumes, is ...

On Dec. 3, 1827, an engraving changed the world of ornithology forever. Robert Havell Jr. of Edinburgh made the engraving, which was based on a painting by a man who had bet his career on its success.

FILE - John James Audubon, the pioneer field biologist and great bird artist of his time, who created the incomparable anthology "Birds Of America", is seen in this Jan. 1951 black and white photo, ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The conservationist group known as NYC Audubon has changed its name to NYC Bird Alliance to distance itself from the pro-slavery views of ornithologist and illustrator John James ...

You don't need to be a bird nerd to know that the name "Audubon" is synonymous with our feathered friends. Less well known is that John James Audubon was a slave-owning racist. That past should ...

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