The age of the dinosaurs may conjure images of large, fearsome reptiles in the minds of many – but those were far from the ...

Birds are the most diverse land vertebrates. Some studies suggest their earliest diversification dates back to the Jurassic ...

With threats of avian flu and lead poisoning, biologists are working overtime to care for a species that nearly went extinct.

Researchers in China found Baminornis zhenghensis, which lived at roughly the same time as the famous Archaeopteryx but ...

As more and more "historical" checklists are added to the platform, birds we've lost now mingle with those still hanging on.

Certain birds that gave rise to today’s ducks and geese found sanctuary in Antarctica during a mass extinction event 66 ...

Cooper’s research expertise in skeletal development will bridge the investigation from birds to mammals. Her laboratory at UC ...

In her work, Niki Saint Phalle repeatedly referenced a personal and mythical bestiary that she brought to life in colorful ...

For decades, scientists have wondered at the taxonomy of Vegavis iaai— an ancient avian specimen that lived in what is now ...

Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), also known as bird flu, appears to be spreading across Indiana — threatening the state's poultry industry and causing the price of eggs to soar.

Prehistoric times were pretty strange, to put it lightly, and the same could be said of the species from that period. Here ...

Manufacturers of raw dog and cat food must do a better job detecting bird flu in products sold to pet owners, federal regulators announced Friday. Several cats, wild and domestic, in the U.S. have ...