The average songbird has anywhere from 2,000 to 4,000 feathers. A swan can have up to 25,000. But if Bill Rice had to think about that, he'd hang up his band saw, rasp and hook knife and go back to ...

Say the words “feather art,” and people probably won’t know what you’re talking about. Tribal headdresses? Ostrich-plume hats? If you’re drawing a blank, head to the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art ...

The 118-year-old watercolor painting of a tree creeper recently discovered in a hut at Cape Adare, Antarctica (courtesy the New Zealand Antarctic Heritage Trust) For over a century, a small watercolor ...