The skull exhibits a long, pointed beak and a brain shape unique among all known birds previously discovered from the ...

Fossil teeth of extinct megalodon sharks have grooves made by other megalodon teeth, hinting at violent encounters between ...

Endangered pygmy slow loris Ernest and black-capped squirrel monkey Nuka were brought into the zoo’s hospital for dental ...

Winter poses several challenges for birds. Scarce food supplies and limited water are obvious challenges for nearly all of them. Extremely cold temperatures, strong winds, driving snow and ...

Sixty-six million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous Period, an asteroid impact near the Yucat n Peninsula of Mexico triggered the extinction of all known non-bird dinosaurs. But for the early ...

Animal control officers reportedly visited her home multiple times over several months and found unsanitary conditions.

Antarctica may have been a refuge for early waterfowl ancestors, shielding them from the mass extinction that wiped out the dinosaurs.

With its glaciers and sub-zero temperatures, Antarctica hardly seems like a place of refuge. However, the now icy continent ...

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 ...

compares to high-end goose-down comforters, which she says have “left a mark on my sleeping psyche.” Without getting too technical, down comforters are either filled with down (the fluffy ...

THE long-lost forefather of the beloved duck and goose ... with teeth and long bony tails, only distantly related to modern birds," added Dr. O'Connor. "Something very different seems to have ...