Ancient DNA pulled from colorful feathers inside a sealed Peruvian tomb has revealed that pre-Inca societies ran a sophisticated long-distance trade in live parrots, ferrying tropical birds hundreds ...

Partula snails all but vanished from Polynesia after the arrival of a carnivorous foreign snail. But a global alliance of zoos has worked to bring them back.

A total of 59 healthy kākāpō chicks have hatched over the last few weeks, according to the latest tally by Aotearoa New Zealand’s Department of Conservation. This marks one of the most successful ...

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In North America’s spring, a bubbly song burbles up from some grassy meadows, the song of the breeding male bobolink. It is a “bubbling, jangling warble with short notes on widely different pitches; ...

Noises made by humans were interfering with the lives of birds on six continents, according to the research Noise pollution is affecting bird behaviour across the globe, disrupting everything from ...

A simple length of fishing line could help give Bermuda’s bluebirds a better chance of holding off house sparrows that aggressively take over their nesting sites. Sparrows have threatened the native ...

Dogs can have wildly different personalities, which often vary by breed and size. Although individual temperament matters most, larger trends can help predict which pooch will be meek and mild and ...

London Breed has said little in the year since she left office. She has thoughts on the praise that the current mayor, Daniel Lurie, has received. London Breed, the former mayor of San Francisco, is ...

They may seem like creatures of Aussie folklore, but they’re real. Around 35 white kangaroos live at Bordertown Wildlife Park, which breeds them in captivity. Some will be sold to wildlife parks in ...

The house sparrow is about 15 centimeters long and weighs about 25–35 grams. It has brown and black striped upperparts and gray undersides. The male has a black throat patch and gray skullcap, while ...

Parents are demanding answers after a Baltimore County high school wrestling team was left without a ride home following a match Tuesday night, after what they describe as a heated confrontation ...