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A black-and-white photo of two owls

Yamamoto Masao’s Otherworldly Portraits Introduce Us to Expressive Owls

April 2, 2026

A photo of a Tūī bird with green feathers and white plumage on its chest, in a natural history collection in New Zealand

Spectral Birds Endemic to New Zealand Find New Life in Fiona Pardington’s Portraits

March 11, 2026

Two brown hares tussle with each other

Dueling Hares and Leaping Toads Top the 2026 British Wildlife Photography Awards

March 10, 2026

A gopher balloon animal

Masayoshi Matsumoto Meticulously Transforms Balloons into Expressive Critters

March 3, 2026

a photographic collage by Tshepiso Moropa of two figures and tree

Tshepiso Moropa Splices Setswana Folklore and Dreams into Archival Collages

March 2, 2026

A photograph by Claire Thomas of a Kazakh man encouraging a large horse to leap over a stream

In ‘Altai,’ Photographer Claire Thomas Chronicles a Time-Honored Way of Life in Mongolia

February 10, 2026

A brown-throated three-toed sloth cradles her young in her arms to shelter it from the rain.

Vote for the 2025 Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice Award

February 4, 2026

An 18th-century watercolor illustration by Sarah Stone of a parrot and a cockatoo

‘Sarah Stone’s Unseen World’ Highlights Avian Paintings by an 18th-Century Talent

February 2, 2026

The head and beady eye of a European robin up-close in a photograph by Martin Heinzel

Marvin Heinzel Gets Up-Close and Personal with Characterful Avians

January 23, 2026

a ceramic chair sculpture by Stephanie Temma Heir shaped like a swan with a small painting embedded in its back

Stephanie Temma Hier Juxtaposes Uncanny Ceramic Sculptures with Embedded Paintings

January 9, 2026

A painting of flying birds on a vintage map by Steeven Salvat

Paintings on Antique Navigational Tools Are a Poetic Nod to Bird Migration by Steeven Salvat

January 7, 2026

a stone owl sculpture by Anthony Theakston

Anthony Theakston Sculpts a Spirited Flock of Bronze and Ceramic Birds

December 19, 2025

a work by Arghavan Khosravi of a woman holding up a wooden frame with an eye peering through and black raindrops surrounding them. there are colorful books and a black drip on the shelf below

Radiant Sculptures by Arghavan Khosravi Meditate on Subconscious Terrain

November 14, 2025

two mixed-media collages by Gilberto Rivera of vibrant birds inside a cell covered in imagery

Gilberto Rivera’s ‘Jailbirds’ Imagine Freedom Within Confinement

November 10, 2025

a photographic portrait of a pink flamingo with its head tucked into its wing plumage

‘Aviary’ Explores the Beautiful, Symbiotic Relationship Between Humans and Birds

October 21, 2025

a photo by Joseph McGlennon of two parrots amid pink flowers

Contemporary Photographers in Australia and New Zealand Define ‘Exposure’

October 8, 2025