A research team has created a comprehensive evolutionary tree of all bird species, integrating data from hundreds of studies ...

A genetic study published in PLOS Biology in 2005 revealed the eagle’s closest living relatives are among Australia’s tiniest ...

The blue-eyed ground dove is one of Brazil’s hidden treasures, but there are only around 50 to 249 of these birds left in the ...

If you dig through the news, you may come across stories of different plants and animals enduring forest fires, sea ...

North American bird populations are plummeting, especially in drylands, grasslands and the Arctic where they have historically been most abundant, new research has found.

When one company proclaimed it had brought back the dire wolf, the response was joyous. But de-extinction remains a dangerous ...

Analysis of nearly 500 bird species across North America has found that three-quarters are declining across their ranges, ...

Fossils reveal that sebecids, long-extinct land predators, survived far longer in the Caribbean than previously thought, ...

Begun in 2016 and delayed by COVID, this project created a retreat that’s difficult to leave, despite Lord Howe’s abundant ...

When we think of the age of dinosaurs, we often picture huge reptiles like Tyrannosaurus rex or long-necked dinosaurs ...

A RED-LIST wading bird has been spotted by a birdwatcher in Herefordshire. Described by the RSPB as a "small, dumpy, short-legged wading bird", the ringed plover was seen foraging on mud at Wellington ...

The repeated evolution of huge birds is part of the dinosaurian legacy. Beaked birds were the only dinosaurs to have survived ...