A study on bird intelligence found that emus and rheas can solve puzzles to access food, proving they can innovate.

When landscapes change, exotic species take advantage of new habitats. Such a pulse of colonisation coincided with the Ice ...

Innovative advances in DNA sequencing are making it possible to revive extinct bird species like the dodo, great auk, ...

It’s already baffling how many incredible and strange creatures can be found on planet Earth, with there being well over 8 ...

Feral species that prey on New Zealand’s birdlife have caused havoc across both islands, and more than 80 per cent are now ...

New research has identified the extent to which human colonisation and hunting contributed to the extinction of New Zealand's giant flightless bird ...

New research has identified the extent to which human colonization and hunting contributed to the extinction of New Zealand's ...

New research has identified the extent to which human colonisation and hunting contributed to the extinction of New Zealand's ...

For the first time, ancient DNA from droppings left by New Zealand’s flightless moa identifies actual species of fungi the doomed birds ate. The snacks, including purple lumps of a trufflelike ...

Contrary to popular belief, dinosaurs never went extinct. They’re still alive among us – in the form of birds! Birds are the only dinosaurs that survived the cataclysmic mass extinction caused ...

Study Reveals Ancient Flightless Birds Helped Spreading Colorful Native Fungi, Highlights Ecological Balance It is a finding that sounds like something out of a scientific whodunit. Still, it's real: ...

A California duck farm made headlines this week after the World Organization of Animal Health published a report by U.S. authorities that a strain of bird flu that scientists call H5N9 had been ...