Using a spotting scope, Bob Riggs often visits the Saltville Well Fields in Saltville, Virginia, to catch a glimpse of some ...

An ant that disappears into the forest floor, a bird that demands attention from mates—for these animals, an inky black ...

Pop across Highway 37 (enjoying the bird-filled Napa-Sonoma Marshes along the way) and in 30 minutes you’re in another avian ...

Birds crashing into your windows can be disturbing for both you and your feathered friends. To prevent this, check out these ...

A single gene that regulates testosterone levels in a "crazy" species of shore bird controls the development of three wildly ...

In contrast, many birds have “tetrachromatic” vision ... and females of a species look identical) appeared different when the color of UV reflectance was measured. The researchers found ...

The curator of birds spent nearly all of her three decades rising through the ranks caring for feathered friends, of which there are more than 400 at the zoo, including over 50 different bird species.

A single gene that regulates testosterone levels in a "crazy" species of shore bird controls the development of three wildly different types ... and have lighter colored plumages, and form ...

One day, late in January, a friend and I watched two Steller sea lions swimming near Pt. Louisa. One of them held a front flipper high above the water for several minutes. We often see this behavior, ...

“Birds took a different evolutionary path from mammals ... with two saw-blade-like steps in between. Pale green in color, the tool was thin and flexible; it had been cut from a leaf of a ...

After decades of study, scientists sound genuinely optimistic about the possibility of detecting primordial black holes, which might explain dark matter.