My avian friends are of two types: the first are the permanent residents and then there are the seasonal visitors.

The calliope hummingbird, North America's smallest bird, migrates through Utah each summer. A banding event on July 19 at Red ...

Comet 153P/Ikeya-Zhang has broken the record for the longest tail, beating out the previous record holder by nearly double the length!

A storm at York Sands Beach reveals the Gulf of Maine’s strangest resident: the rat-tailed sea cucumber.

Scientists caught soft brown bat with strong claws in net trap in forests and discovered an elusive new species: Himalayan long-tailed Myotis, study said.

The Smallest Dinosaur Ever Was Just 11 Inches Long, and Had Beautiful Tail Feathers What is the smallest dinosaur? It could be the gliding Scansoriopterygidae or Epidexipteryx and its beautiful tail ...

For the first time in 46 years, one of the Western Cape’s most mysterious mammals, the Boosmansbos long-tailed forest shrew (Myosorex longicaudatus boosmani), has made a reappearance, exciting ...

Long-tailed tits must be up there for an award as our most cute little birds, and especially so for the young fledglings. When they leave the nest, the babies will often line up together on a tree ...

Forget fleeting friendships the social secrets of the long-tailed tit has revealed an extraordinary level of family commitment even during migratory journeys. Birds that babysit: scientists reveal ...

Astronomers have spotted a first-of-its-kind rapidly crumbling planet outside the Solar System that is leaving behind a “gargantuan” comet-like tail of debris.