The first time a child sees a bird through binoculars – really sees it, watches it hover, glide, or dive – something changes.

The blue-headed quail dove is a uniquely ancient species with no close relatives and is now on the brink of extinction. At ...

Feathers, essential for thermoregulation, flight, and communication in birds, originate from simple appendages known as proto-feathers, which were present in certain dinosaurs.By studying embryonic ...

Modern birds are the living relatives of dinosaurs. Take a look at the features of flightless birds like chickens and ...

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Dinosaurs are the extinct relatives of birds that roamed the lands and seas of ancient Earth. They first appeared around 240 ...

Regis, the resident bald eagle at Three Rivers Avian Center at Brooks in Summers County, West Virgina, had a surprise in ...

Chicago artist Gretchen Hasse's The Dinosaur Opera, a multipart in-progress epic, explores "time, purpose, and meaning" through puppetry.

Dinosaurs Once Had Furs and Feather Covering Their Body, Study Finds Evidence of Bird-Like Features We have learned about ...

While the non-avian dinosaurs vanished, their legacy endured in a surprising way. Modern birds, the distant relatives of those ancient giants, carry within their DNA the story of that cataclysmic ...

The arrival of March heralds wondrous happenings when it comes to nature and wildlife. The feeling can be likened to engrossing oneself in a favorite novel, movie, or hearing the ...

Last week, on the last day of February, two grackles showed up at our feeders. It was our first grackles at the feeders this season. We could hear red-winged blackbirds singing their spring songs ...