Eating the Birds of America: Audubon's Culinary Reviews of America's Birds(usbirdhistory.com)

144 points by Morizero 2 years ago | 90 comments

Declaring a bird extinct: The median wait is 36 years after the last sighting(birdshistory.com)

20 points by Heidi_70 22 days ago | 7 comments

A Birds History article on how long it takes to declare a bird species extinct, noting a median wait of 36 years after the last confirmed sighting.

The largest eagle hunted unlike any other bird of prey (2021)(nhm.ac.uk)

45 points by EndXA 13 days ago | 2 comments

Natural History Museum news article from 2021 on research showing the extinct Haast's eagle of New Zealand hunted moa in a way unlike any other bird of prey.

Paper Airplane Designs(foldnfly.com)

622 points by thunderbong 3 years ago | 66 comments

Fold'N'Fly, a website with folding instructions for paper airplane designs; the loaded page is its National Paper Airplane Day article with history and activities.

How do you put on an Apollo spacesuit? (2015)(airandspace.si.edu)

28 points by airstrike 2 years ago | 7 comments

Pi Day(en.wikipedia.org)

94 points by throw0101b 2 years ago | 64 comments