W ith its large, forward-facing eyes and head tufts that look like ears, the great eared nightjar resembles a dragon more than a bird. Often nicknamed the "baby dragon," this otherworldly-looking ...

A bizarre video has emerged online of a Komodo dragon walking out of the sea onto a beach while wearing a turtle shell on its head. In the footage—which was captured on an Indonesian island ...

Along the massive and mountainous Bird’s Head Peninsula lies the long lonely beaches that support the largest remaining leatherback turtle in the Pacific Ocean. The beach is now being proposed as Abun ...

Political symbols abound. Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, chairman of the Convention on EU future, inaugurated the present session of the Convention with a statue of a turtle with dragon head. It sits on ...

Head out to Golden Gardens Park and learn about unique wildlife and the diverse ecosystem of the park at Birds, Bees & Turtles, Oh My! May 4. Kicking off the morning is the bird walk with the Lane ...

Along the coast of Southeastern North Carolina, nesting birds and sea turtles were on the front lines of storm surges and strong waves during Hurricane Irene. But wildlife supporters and coastal ...

A turtle with a punctured shell was a grisly find for a morning beach walker at the popular holiday spot of Scotts Head in NSW. The green turtle, about 47 centimetres long, was found near the boat ...

The symbiotic surfing bird was spotted by Top End fishos on December 22. The symbiotic surfing bird was spotted by Top End fishos on December 22. Read Today's Paper Tributes. Rewards.

In most vertebrates, skin appendages such as hair, feathers, or scales originate from placodes—small, specialized skin regions whose spatial organization is controlled by well-conserved genetic ...

A picture of a giant tortoise, which should have been herbivorous, attacking and eating a bird's chick that fell from its nest. This is the first time a giant tortoise has been photographed ...

The RSPB's rare breeding birds panel has released its latest list of Britain's most endangered birds, which shows turtle dove numbers to have declined by 96 per cent in just 40 years.

With its large, forward-facing eyes and head tufts that look like ears, the great eared nightjar resembles a dragon more than a bird. Often nicknamed the "baby dragon," this otherworldly-looking ...