Despite its tiny stature, the smallest bird native to North America can survive cold nights in the Rocky Mountains, and some ...

The Hadejia Wetlands National Park in north-western Nigeria is a vital ecological treasure, designated as both a globally important wetland (Ramsar site) and an Important Bird Area, a site recognised ...

Arunachal Pradesh is the least densely populated state in India, with just 17 people per square kilometre, according to the ...

Using gravitational microlensing, scientists have discovered a rare, large planet at the edge of the Milky Way. The planet is ...

In Vermont, researchers have investigated the types of creepy, crawly bugs that their avian predators consume and may have ...

Over 500 bird species could vanish in 100 years. Protecting habitats isn't enough. Targeted recovery efforts are crucial.

Wild populations of the rare Maccoa duck, an African wetland species, have been dwindling for decades. There numbers are ...

If familiarity breeds contempt, then no wild animal has made itself more loathsome to humanity than the city pigeon. They ...

A new study predicts that climate change and habitat loss could cause more than 500 bird species to disappear in the next ...

Among these flying birds, also known as pterosaurs, which one was the most dangerous? According to pteros.com, Hatzegopteryx ...

The species was missing from the wild for more than 70 years before its rediscovery in 2015, wildlife officials said.

A zoo is celebrating after helping to hatch three of the world's rarest birds - in what could be a “breakthrough" moment in ...