In 1782 the bald eagle was placed on the Great Seal of the United States and Americans just assumed it was our national bird − wrongly it turned out. While the U.S. had a national mammal (bison) and ...

February 2 marks World Wetlands Day. Mumbai and its neighbouring metropolitan regions depend on these ecosystems heavily that ...

Chameleons are the most famous color-changing animals, but there are plenty of other animals that possess this talent.

The Indiana Department of Natural Resources confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza, also known as bird flu, as the cause ...

My recent column about a good-natured disagreement over ruffed grouse and sharp-tailed grouse names struck a chord with a handful of readers and made for some fun discourse. In case you missed the ...

Concerns about bird flu are growing among health officials weeks after the first person in the U.S. died from the virus, and as cases of bird flu grow among animals and humans. Minnesota has no cases ...

Scientists use digital skull scans to reveal bird brain structures, intelligence, and evolution without actual brains.

The term has intuitive appeal—but what is sustainable forestry, exactly? For centuries, forests sustained themselves. Today, ...

Birds are disappearing fast and we are trying to prevent their imminent extinctions, improve millions of acres of habitat ...

Inside, between rows of incubators and microscopes, Beth Shapiro and her team are attempting a feat straight out of science ...

Almost 4,500 birds made up of 97 species have been catalogued in an annual count by the Bermuda Audubon Society. Although the ...

The Cape Sable sparrow is causing controversy in Florida, where there is disagreement on how to save the endangered bird.