Stories tagged by 'alexander wilson'

Passenger Pigeons

February 21, 2012

Do you know the fate of the passenger pigeon, once one North America’s most abundant birds?
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Imperial Connections?

December 24, 2011

What did the Bonaparte family once have to do with the Academy?
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Setting the Stage

November 30, 2011

What famous work on birds set new standards for American natural history publications?
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Philadelphia: The Birthplace of American Ornithology

September 25, 2011

Why should you care about Alexander Wilson and John James Audubon?
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