Reports of raptors taking pets spread fast, but the baseline risk is lower than many neighborhood threads suggest. Cornell’s All About Birds notes that most dogs and cats are large enough to be safe ...

The island of Guam has a snake problem. Though innocuous enough in appearance – slender with brownish or greenish coloration ...

But all birds have high body temperatures. The chickadee’s best trick is to go into torpor every night, a brief form of hibernation that reduces their body temperature by 20 degrees, saving energy. In ...

Decades of cognitive research reveal that parrots can understand what numbers represent. Here’s how these birds use them to ...

White-tailed deer like those on Long Island have significantly expanded their range north into Canada in recent decades, so ...

Natural forest regeneration is hailed as a cost-effective way to restore biodiversity and sequester carbon. However, the fragmentation of tropical forests has restricted the movement of large birds ...

Scientists have unearthed in Canada's province of Nova Scotia the skull of a creature dating to about 307 million years ago ...

Meet the giant Philippine eagle - it has a wing span of over six feet! Then enjoy a clip of the magnificent bird in action.

Bird flu has killed 10 bottlenose dolphins in Florida's Indian River Lagoon, making it a global hotspot for the virus in ...

Quick Take The Small Indian mongoose was introduced to control rats but instead devastated island ecosystems by preying on ...

If you've noticed an unusual silence in your garden despite maintaining a well-filled birdfeeder, you might be experiencing an issue with parakeets – but there's a straightforward solution to deter ...

Adrian Dyer previously received funding from The Australian Research Council. Klaus Lunau previously received funding from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. For flowering plants, reproduction is a ...