Standing up to 3 metres tall and weighing hundreds of kilograms, Madagascar’s elephant bird was among the largest birds to ...

It’s not every day that you see a 4-foot-tall bird, but it’s happening more often. Several fascinating species are nesting in ...

The dotterel could become the first bird to become extinct in Britain because of climate change, the RSPB has warned.

Ospreys were previously extinct in the UK but returned to Loch Garten in 1954.

A 25,000-year-old fossilized “drumstick” is writing a new chapter for these flightless birds that terrorized the post-dinosaur world.

In a remarkable finding, a scientist has uncovered a new species of eyeless fish in Bobcat Cave, aptly named the demon ...

Scientists have discovered a previously unknown fossil goose that challenges a decades-old theory about the evolution of New ...

It soars on six-foot wings, graces our currency, and stares out from a thousand patriotic murals. But how much do you actually know about the bald eagle?

It’s pretty commonly known, and not very startling, that free-ranging cats eat birds and small rodents. But the degree to ...

Ogasawara greenfinch chicks, an endangered bird found only in the Japanese capital's Ogasawara Islands, were born from pairs ...

But fearsome as these flying death-dealers are, one can’t help but wonder if their primary means of travel would actually ...

As our resident myth-buster, Sarah Knapton has seen a thing or two. Now, she’s taking on some of the world’s best-known ...