Birds on the brink get the Steadman treatment. Illustrator Ralph Steadman -- yes, that Ralph Steadman -- has a new book coming out featuring his illustrations of birds on the brink of extinction. The book is called Nextinction. The above image is his take on the Laysan Duck.
HOTSPOT: Flyover of California's Birds and Biodiversity
California is a global biodiversity hotspots, with one of the greatest concentrations of living species on Earth.