In 2019, scientists rediscovered a species of miniature deer long lost to science within the dry coastal forests of southern ...

Biofluorescence is widespread in birds-of-paradise, a group of tropical birds famous for their spectacular courtship dances.

Scientists find that 82 percent of birds-of-paradise species show biofluorescence, often on their feathers, throat or inner ...

A research team led by Professor Wang Min from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the ...

Scientists have unearthed in southeastern China the fossil of a quail-sized bird that lived about 150 million years ago ...

A rare Arctic bird found deceased last week in southwest Kansas will become part of the collection at Lawrence's Kansas ...

Interestingly, birds remain woefully understudied when it comes to the optical extras. Until now, no one had looked for the ...

New research by scientists at the American Museum of Natural History and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln reports, for the ...

The evening grosbeak, a large black-and-yellow finch found across the United States, has experienced steep population ...

FREEPORT, Maine — The American Birding Association has named its 2025 bird of the year, and it's a bird Mainers are quite familiar with. This year's winner is the common loon. "Loons are big, they're ...

Great Backyard Bird Count” asks people to track the birds they see and hear over a few days. The information can help researchers better understand bird populations and whether species are declining.

Bird flu has decimated poultry flocks and infected cattle herds. The risk to humans is currently low, but that could easily ...