As more and more "historical" checklists are added to the platform, birds we've lost now mingle with those still hanging on.

Our devastation of nature is so extreme that reversing even a small part of it requires painstaking, quixotic efforts.

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 ...

Air mail delivery is an essential part of modern life. The history of this unique invention goes back farther than you might ...

Wading through a clear knee-deep tidal pool in coastal Florida, I was trying to move slowly, to avoid disturbing a gorgeous American oystercatcher napping on a small sandbar. Oystercatchers are ...

When we think of large birds, we might picture swans, ostriches, or eagles. But which bird is the biggest? Well, it depends ...

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 ...

Bird watchers are flocking to southwest Kansas to see a rare bird of a species generally found only in Siberia, Greenland, ...

Discover the incredible underwater escape strategy of water anole lizards in Costa Rica. Learn how they create air bubbles to ...

In the vast urban sprawl of Arizona, the habitat of the tiny western burrowing owl is being destroyed—prompting ...

Bird flu continues to impact poultry populations nationwide, contributing to rising egg prices and prompting increased surveillance and testing measures. A Long Island farm will reportedly ...