The age of the dinosaurs may conjure images of large, fearsome reptiles in the minds of many – but those were far from the ...

Charles Darwin predicted the existence of a moth with a long tongue based on a comet orchid's nectar spurs. This was ...

Bird Mimicry Bird that mimic other birds are the cover artists of the bird world, borrowing sounds and tunes from other birds to use as their own. Some mimicry bird species—mockingbirds, thrashers and ...

Scientists have described a nocturnal moth's unique evolutionary trick in replicating the appearance of 3D leaf, with potential applications for the development of advanced camouflage materials and ...

Researchers in China found Baminornis zhenghensis, which lived at roughly the same time as the famous Archaeopteryx but ...

As more and more "historical" checklists are added to the platform, birds we've lost now mingle with those still hanging on.

Sophisticated birdsong follows strict grammatical rules, much like human sentences. But what happens when birds can't hear ...

Two studies published in the latest issue of Science, led by Dr. Fernando García-Moreno, Ikerbasque researcher at the ...

Wisdom, a Laysan albatross, or mōlī in Hawaiian, has been spotted caring for her youngster. The post World’s oldest bird has ...

In a letter to the prime minister, the officials warned of irreversible biodiversity loss if the 3800-hectare project is ...

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