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

Desert Living Dinosaurs Were as Good as Owls, Had Great Night Vision and Hearing Ability A study led by University of Oxford ...

For decades, scientists have wondered at the taxonomy of Vegavis iaai— an ancient avian specimen that lived in what is now ...

As more and more "historical" checklists are added to the platform, birds we've lost now mingle with those still hanging on.

Discover the remarkable bird fossil from Antarctica that is rewriting the story of bird evolution. Learn how this 69-million-year-old bird challenges previous theories.

"Few birds are as likely to start as many arguments among paleontologists as 'vegavis,'" said professor Christopher Torres.

"Most of the species are plants," said Jesse Leddick, assistant director of Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program in ...

Our devastation of nature is so extreme that reversing even a small part of it requires painstaking, quixotic efforts.

Routine use of illegal ‘lures’ by visiting European hunters who love to shoot migrating birds in the Balkans is pushing some species to the brink – while weak policing allows the crime to continue ...

Scientists have long suspected that Mexican long-nosed bats migrate through southeastern Arizona, but without capturing and ...

We learned at school that there are five different classes of animals. These are mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians. However, this knowledge, long enshrined in textbooks, does not seem to ...

The birds have been in an environmental updraft since the early 2000s, when the U.S. government took them off its endangered ...