Recently I looked into a number of extinct birds from all around the world, but few of them shed light on those that I would've lived alongside. Today we're "borrowing" my mom's field guide on the ...

Rare birds tend to be rare for a reason ... These little snowbirds are thought to be among the most numerous North American ...

A Canadian teenager is currently in critical condition after contracting a suspected case of H5N1 bird flu, a British ...

This species’ often confiding nature, distinctive plumage, pleasing song, and acceptance of human-dominated habitats make it one of the most beloved of North American birds. Polytypic.

The bird is believed to be a scarlet tanager, which arrived in Shelf, near Halifax, after being blown off course by strong ...

Graham Duggan Most archeologists agree that human beings reached North America ... more plucky animals managed to hold on a bit longer. The great auk (Pinguinus impennis) was a bird that dominated ...

But the future of most bird species depends on our commitment to ... the long-billed curlew (Numenius americanus) is North America’s largest shorebird. In winter it employs its eponymous feature ...

The Courier Express, in collaboration with Lola M. Smith, MS, lecturer in biology at Penn State DuBois, is republishing a ...

Analyzing a leg bone from a fossil site in Colombia, scientists have identified a massive “terror bird” that lived about 12 ...

An undated illustration of the newly described Cretaceous Period bird species Avisaurus darwini, which has traits on a foot bone that indicate that it was one of the earliest-known birds of prey, ...

Shocked birdwatchers flocked to a peaceful cul-de-sac in Yorkshire after hearing that a rare species had been spotted by ...

A new study ranks species of terrestrial vertebrates ... 2024 — Newly discovered birds from Late Cretaceous North America were hawk-sized and had powerful raptor-like feet, according to a ...