EditorialDale Nichols, owner of the Flamingo Bar, takes a break while boarding up his establishment in St. Petersburg, Fla. in anticipation of Hurricane Ian on Sept. 27, 2022. (Bob Croslin/The New York Times)
EditorialIn decades past, local authorities sought to downplay the influence of organized crime syndicates in Las Vegas. Today, that history is celebrated as a tourist draw. (Joe Buglewicz/The New York Times)
EditorialWall painting of Orpheus with lyre from the viridarium (garden) of the House of Vesonius Primus, a fuller. He is surrounded by animals including a lion, cougar, boar, stag, rabbit, and blue flamingo. Chromolithograph by Victor Steeger after an illustra...
EditorialCollared pratincole, Glareola pratincola, and greater flamingo, Phoenicopterus roseus. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croix's "Dictionary of Natural Science: Ornithology," Paris, France, 1816-1830. Illustration by J. G...