Picking a birding field guide is a little like picking a spouse. You have to find it attractive, of course, but that’s just not enough for the long haul. You need something smart, reliable. Something ...

In 1934 Roger Tory Peterson, with manuscript and watercolor paintings in hand, went looking for a publisher for the bird identification book he had created. He knocked on doors. No. No. No. No. Then ...

SAN ANSELMO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Appweavers, Inc. a developer of mobile nature applications, today introduced Peterson Birds of North America, an iPhone and iPad field guide to birds. The new app ...

SOUTH NEWFANE -- There are some people that make such an impact on their field, that their influence continues long after they are gone. They become almost franchises that keep paying dividends to ...

There is a new edition of the Peterson field guide to birds of North America. It's not an update of the pocket-sized guide I bought in 1961. Those books are history, even if they remain on my shelves.

NEW YORKNEW YORK — Artist and naturalist Roger Tory Peterson’s illustrated Field Guide series helped popularize bird watching the world over and set the standard for the modern nature guide. Next ...

Is there no aspect of human life that hasn’t been offered an unrequested helping hand from technology? Is there a drowsy Luddite left on the planet who hasn’t one way or another been forced to wince ...

I’m a big fan of bird identification apps, so I was thrilled to learn that Peterson Field Guides in tandem with Appweavers had created a new birding app for iOS devices. Peterson Birds of North ...