As cases of seasonal influenza surge, health officials are closely monitoring a growing threat—the potential fusion of human and bird flu strains.

Contenders for the true first birds have now been found in Chinese rocks dating from the late Jurassic, around 149 million years ago. If accepted as birds, as the scientists who described them think ...

The Northeastern states of India are home to some of the most breathtaking landscapes in the world. Its lush forest, vast wetlands and undulating hills provide ...

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

A small but growing number of house cats have gotten sick from H5N1, the bird flu strain driving the U.S. outbreak, after eating raw food or drinking unpasteurized milk. Some of those cats died.

Nonstop flights direct from Iowa to Venezuela are rare, unless you happen to be a well-fed pectoral sandpiper. If it finds ...

“Elated” ecologists at Scotia Wildlife Sanctuary wasted no time. Scarlet-chested parrots are “threatened and understudied,” ...

When America's Founding Fathers affixed a bald eagle to the great seal of the United States in 1782, they likely had no idea they were highlighting what would become one of the greatest wildlife ...

Green space vs. gray space. Birds vs. builders. It’s a tale as old as time in the Sunshine State, the plot of every Carl ...

University of Costa Rica researchers document the first-ever sighting of the near-threatened Flesh-footed Shearwater in Central American waters ...

Turkeys used to be found on the dinner table more often than in the Minnesota wild. “It used to be there were no turkeys, and the first time I saw some I was like ‘wow,’” said local naturalist Stan ...

The birds, national symbol of the United States, are usually only seen as mated pairs, but warm water creates a buffet that ...