Large birds -- our closest relations to dinosaurs -- are capable of technical innovation, by solving a physical task to gain access to food.

Palaeognaths include emus and ostriches, and can reach 9 feet tall and weigh upwards of 300 pounds. They are more known for ...

Large birds—our closest relations to dinosaurs—are capable of technical innovation, by solving a physical task to gain access to food. This is the first time scientists have been able to show that ...

An endangered crow, found only in Hawaii, is flying free again. The alala has survived only in captivity after almost going ...

Does a duck always look like a duck and quack like a duck? Sixty-six million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous Period, ...

First banded in 1956, the Laysan albatross has become a mother once again at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge ...

Jurassic bird fossil discovery of a species named Baminornis zhenghensis pushes bird evolution timeline back 20 million years ...

When landscapes change, exotic species take advantage of new habitats. Such a pulse of colonisation coincided with the Ice ...

From a bonkers but brilliant Stephen King adaptation to a bland Marvel blockbuster, it’s a mixed bag on the big screen this ...

Nothing says spring like the arrival of flowers in the garden. Grow this native shrub for a colorful yard that brings birds ...

Roger Pasquier explains how birds spend the quiet half of their lives even when they're flying and half their brain is awake ...

In February 2024, government veterinarians in the Czech Republic investigating a bird flu outbreak found themselves in the middle of a puzzling case. The highly pathogenic H5N1 virus was devastating a ...