The red-flanked bluetail has appeared at a park near the Potomac River, marking only the second time the species has been ...

These images capture the tiny but striking firecrest, one of Britain’s smallest and most colourful birds ...

The new species, named after the electro funk band Chromeo, helps explain the larger story of why only one small group of dinosaurs survived the extinction. A fossil rarely reveals an animal’s entire ...

Some birds that mimic humans can only say a few words or phrases. For instance, crows in captivity often repeat words like ...

The Amazon rainforest is often associated with jaguars, parrots, and towering trees. Yet the majority of animal life in this ...

Partula snails all but vanished from Polynesia after the arrival of a carnivorous foreign snail. But a global alliance of zoos has worked to bring them back.

Established along the 38th parallel after World War II, the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) forms a 155-mile barrier that ...

Other penguins that have limited diets are more threatened by changes coming from a warming ocean and the makeup of the food chain. But king penguins — which are so abundant they are considered a ...

Famous for stomping venomous snakes, the secretary bird has become a new climate early-warning system for the African grassland.

Have you had any unexpected bird sightings this winter? Maybe you saw birds in unexpected places or times. Or maybe birds you expected never showed up. You're not alone. Bird researchers – and an ...

The first camera survey ever conducted on Truwana/Cape Barren Island off Tasmania has recorded two rarely seen animals—white-footed dunnarts and blonde echidnas. A vulnerable shorebird—the Latham's ...

After a catastrophic outbreak of bird flu devastated southern elephant seal populations in 2023, scientists are on high alert.