A few fossilized body parts hinted at an enigmatic bird's close ties to waterfowl like ducks and geese. A newfound skull may bolster that idea.

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

A newly analysed fossil skull settles a palaeontological debate over Vegavis iaai, confirming it as a relative of ducks and ...

A rice farm in southern Brazil was just found to be home to the fossil of one of the missing links between the ground-based ...

When a bullet took her upper beak, Beauty the bald eagle would have starved. A dedicated caregiver and 3D printing changed ...

With their pristine fur and dark almond eyes, arctic foxes are possibly one of the most beautiful mammals to have lived in ...

Wilson’s warblers do not visit feeders, All About Birds reports, but if these tiny insectivores are out of luck in winter in ...

One heron has some new heroes after being rescued when it became tangled in a fishing line Saturday afternoon.

About 76 million years ago, a juvenile of one of the largest flying creatures in Earth's history, called Cryodrakon boreas, ...

27, floodwaters from the Swannanoa River destroyed Brother Wolf Animal Rescue’s adoption center ... cats (30 in 2024 and 98 in 2023) due to more long-distance transport opportunities being ...

Their feathers are spikey, grey, and growing in patches. They have long, skinny necks and long beaks that resemble depictions of pterodactyls. The little rescued bird lunged out from under that towel ...

Aphids insert their long “beaks” through the surfaces of leaves, stems and buds to feed on plant sap. This results in foliage malformation, yellowing, wilting and loss of vigor of the plant.