Charles Darwin sized up the manakin in The Descent of Man. In his 1871 account of the bird, he wrote: “The diversity of the sounds … and the diversity of the means for producing such ...

Above a trickling stream, a blue-backed manakin bird, one of the 260 or so species found on Tobago, contrasted with the greenery. The route, lined with waterfalls, ended at the picturesque Bloody ...

From the rainforests of Ecuador to the shores of the Galápagos Islands, Eastern Oregon University professor Laura Mahrt embarked on hands-on adventure in some of the world’s most biodiverse regions.

She captured a rare pygmy owl, observed the courtship display of the club-winged manakin in Ecuador and earned certification to use cutting-edge telemetry technology to track migratory birds.