People have been urged to stay away from a Fife site after the discovery of a number of dead birds sparked concerns over the highly infectious avian flu. The appeal was made by the owners of the ...

Meet Woody, a fox red labrador with a remarkable mission: protecting endangered puffins and other seabirds on Rathlin Island.

The American dipper, a drab-looking bird no larger than a robin, is a splashy rarity: a songbird that swims and even walks underwater. This round-bodied gray bird with short wings and a stubby tail is ...

Male ruffs have the ability to eliminate excess sex hormones from their bloodstream. We often associate high testosterone ...

Sixty-six million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous Period, an asteroid impact near the Yucat n Peninsula of Mexico triggered the extinction of all known non-bird dinosaurs. But for the early ...

The River Avon flows through the “rust belt” of West Lothian, the old industrial heartland of Scotland.  But on a walk along its banks last week I saw few signs of the old civilisation.  Yes, there ...

As someone who grew up with a black Lab-Springer Spaniel mix who barked constantly, I can tell you that endless barking isn’t ...

The Scottish government wants everyone to know it does not plan to ban cats. First Minister John Swinney was forced to issue the statement after a report by independent experts ...

Original “Little House on the Prairie” star Melissa Gilbert fired back at Megyn Kelly over a comment the former Fox News host ...

This February, A.V. Club staffers Matt Schimkowitz and Emma Keates recommend a smooth ride of a docuseries and a competition ...