Just quietly, I also offer dead sailors drinks and occasionally good books over the side when I am at sea. It is a cross ...

I thought it might have been a female Ring-necked Duck, but a view through my spotting scope showed the characteristic ...

For 50 years, experts thought it had gone the way of the dodo. But in 1948 a tiny population of flightless takahē was ...

New research has identified the extent to which human colonization and hunting contributed to the extinction of New Zealand's ...

As you approach spring landscaping chores, you might be considering adding a dogwood tree to your yard. Types of dogwood trees vary from the 6- to 12-inch miniature dogwood “tree” known as bunchberry ...

A Long Island farm will reportedly euthanize more than 100,000 ducks after a bird flu outbreak hit the eastern New York facility. Crescent Duck Farm President Doug Corwin said the euthanasia is ...

Before species go extinct, their populations often shrink and become isolated. Healthy populations tend to have a large gene ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand is reconsidering all development funding to the aid-dependent island nation of Kiribati ... might not appear the South Pacific’s most significant.