Flightless species of birds (such as ostriches, which are the largest living birds) tend to outsize any of the largest birds ...

It is not a real surprise that the smallest birds in the world belong to the family Trochilidae, commonly known as hummingbirds. However, even within the hummingbird family, there are large ...

People traipse cross-country to see clouds of kites, or to catch a glimpse of a golden eagle in its highland home, and webcams fixed on the nests of ospreys, owls and peregrine falcons draw huge ...

Dripping in diamonds and colourful gemstones, the couture jewels at Paris’ 2025 Couture presentations this January were a ...

In the vast urban sprawl of Arizona, the habitat of the tiny western burrowing owl is being destroyed—prompting ...

With their pristine fur and dark almond eyes, arctic foxes are possibly one of the most beautiful mammals to have lived in ...

it had similar black and white barring on its upperparts with black spots on its belly. The bird’s name came from an extremely small flash of red on the side of its head just behind its eye.

An ant that disappears into the forest floor, a bird that demands attention from mates—for these animals, an inky black ...

[Photo/Agencies] SEOUL - The black box of an airplane that crashed in South Korea's southwestern airport late last month stopped recording just a minute after the warning of bird strike ...

The virus has been rapidly spreading among birds, wreaking havoc on the poultry industry. A strain has begun circulating among livestock as well. While continuing to stress that the risk to the ...

UNDER the above heading in your issue of January 18, 1872, Dr. Elliot Coues describes the peculiar movements made by the bones of the wing of the bird in flexion and extension. It may interest ...