Animals range in size, shape, and appearance. Some possess drab, plain-looking feathers, scales, or skin, while others sport ...

Thousands of people gathered on the High Line on Saturday for Pigeon Fest, inspired by an artist’s sculpture and an appreciation for the city’s most resilient birds.

A turtle’s head seems simple: a hard beak, two bright eyes, and a quilt of scales that protect the skull. Look closer and a ...

Centuries ago this tree was used for all kinds of medicinal properties of its bark and pods. The name of catalpa originated ...

These large, flightless birds have powerful, muscular legs and tough, prehistoric-looking feet with claws that can deliver a ...

Birds showcase nature's most fashionable hairstyles, from the Dalmatian Pelican's wind-blown fluff to the Victoria Crowned ...

Britain is home to an astonishing range of islands, from the (sometimes) sun-kissed slivers which fringe the southern English shoreline to the harder, hardier – but no less beautiful – outposts that ...

In January, however, researchers discovered that the extinct Pink-headed Duck—last seen in the wild in 1949—owed its pink crown ... a bird that uses dirt as make-up is the Lammergeier, a species known ...

The black-billed magpie has been named Edmonton’s city bird following a public vote that saw the familiar and controversial species soar past five other entrants. The result of the vote that ...

Larry Bird acknowledged Michael Jordan as the defining force that shifted the NBA landscape, surpassing the legendary rivalry between Bird and Magic Johnson. Hillary Clinton breaks silence on ...

A bird landed on the head of Fox News reporter Peter Doocy while he was reporting live from outside the White House on Friday. Doocy was standing on the White House lawn speaking with his ...