In 2019, scientists rediscovered a species of miniature deer long lost to science within the dry coastal forests of southern ...

Utah biologists have been studying the state’s most elusive bird to learn more about its behavior and how to protect it in ...

Biofluorescence is widespread in birds-of-paradise, a group of tropical birds famous for their spectacular courtship dances.

Scientists find that 82 percent of birds-of-paradise species show biofluorescence, often on their feathers, throat or inner ...

For 50 years, experts thought it had gone the way of the dodo. But in 1948 a tiny population of flightless takahē was ...

New research by scientists at the American Museum of Natural History and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln reports, for the ...

Great Backyard Bird Count” asks people to track the birds they see and hear over a few days. The information can help ...

An additional suspected bird flu case was identified Sunday in a mixed-species hobby flock of 44 birds located in Shelby County, southeast of Indianapolis, according to the State Board of Animal ...

In December, the Federal Highway Administration awarded the first grants under a new $125 million Wildlife Crossings Pilot Program.

That's the way one scientist puts it — referring to how infected wild birds survive long enough to spread it to birds and ...

Nearby, a sign warns against people approaching the patch of woods where the nest has stood for several years, to avoid disturbing the protected birds. At one point, there was a single nesting ...

and attract wading birds including egrets and herons, Owens added. However, not all water-friendly wildlife is necessarily welcome to humans, including at least one species drawn especially to ...