G eologists are closely monitoring Mount Spurr in the Aleutian Arc of Alaska, USA, after continued volcanic unrest. The Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) monitoring the situation says that an eruption ...

Birds-of-paradise number around 45 species and typically have elaborate feathers, colors, and mating displays. Birds also ...

Archaeopteryx, long considered the earliest fossil bird, could be knocked off its perch by Baminornis zhenghensis, which ...

Flightless species of birds (such as ostriches, which are the largest living birds) tend to outsize any of the largest birds ...

Scientists have unearthed in southeastern China the fossil of a quail-sized bird that lived about 150 million years ago ...

This finding has shed new light on the evolutionary past of birds and revealed critical information about their survival and ...

Scotland’s most common and striking songbirds, the blackbird is disappearing from the nation’s parks and gardens. The Scottish Terrestrial Breeding Bird report, published by NatureScot, shows that ...

When Beauty the bald eagle was injured, though, it wasn’t her wing or leg that took the blow. Instead, a poacher’s bullet ...

Long service leave is a long-standing entitlement for Australian employees. Most Victorian workers qualify for long service leave if they have worked continuously with one employer for at least 7 ...