A newly discovered fossil in Antarctica, estimated to be 68 million years old, reveals the oldest known modern bird, Vegavis ...

Inside a chilly enclosure, a 7-year-old peregrine falcon named Breland plucked at a frozen rat carcass with her beak, tearing ...

Horton's Who adventure was actually the elephant's second appearance in Seuss' world of books, the first being "Horton Hatches The Egg," in 1950, where the elephant is tricked into sitting on Mayzie ...

Few people have seen the spruce grouse, with its have striking plumage: red combs like giant fake eyelashes on top of the ...

Y is for Yerba mate and Yellow Submarines, both of which are yummy! Though too many Yellow Submarines might leave you yawning ...

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 ...

The American dipper, a drab-looking bird no larger than a robin, is a splashy rarity: a songbird that swims and even walks underwater. This round-bodied gray bird with short wings and a stubby tail is ...

It’s pretty strange,” a Learjet pilot said. “They were talking normal to the tower when they switched to takeoff … then ...

The elusive yet bold spruce grouse is a little-known N.H. inhabitant that relies on forests that are specifically adapted to ...

On Wednesday, the right wing of a Japan Airlines flight hit the the tail of a Delta Air Lines aircraft at Seattle-Tacoma ...

Near the end of the age of dinosaurs, a bird resembling today's loons and grebes dove for fish and other prey in the perilous ...

THE long-lost forefather of the beloved duck and goose has been discovered, after outliving the hardy dinosaurs. The ...