A European bee-eater (Merops apiaster) holds a bee tightly in its beak. Known for their agility and vibrant colors, these birds expertly catch insects mid-air. Before eating, they skillfully remove ...

The bird was catching bees on the wing and eating them. Each time it would fly up and catch a bee, it would return to the limb and bash the bee on the limb a few times before eating it. I suppose this ...

One of the more fascinating and beautiful families of birds in Africa is one we don’t see in the Western Hemisphere, Meropidae, the family of Bee-eaters. The name Meropidae is derived from Merops, ...

My friend Trip Lamb’s recent photographs from Africa reinforced for me the value of vicarious ecology, which I define as enjoying someone else’s outdoor experiences. Vicarious ecology offers ways to ...