Dr Anna Berenson has started a five-year project to perfect the process of creating one bird species from a close relative ...

I didn’t know my grandmother-in-law Ginny very well. I only met her a few times in the last decade, but from our very first ...

Genetically modified chickens could be the key to protecting endangered species and bringing back extinct ones, scientists ...

Birds of paradise, already famous for their spectacular courtship displays, reveal a new astonishing facet: their ability to ...

MARGINAL GAINS… Sir Jim Radcliffe’s plans to cut another 100 jobs at Manchester United as part of his cost-saving crusade were leaked last week . This week, more measures designed at saving the club ...

Do you know why blue-footed boobies have blue feet? Author Laura Erickson does, and you’ll find the answers to this and many other great questions in her book, The Bird Watching Answer Book. (For the ...

The referred specimen of the enantiornithine bird Shangyang sp. (IVPP V 26899) was recovered near La-Ma-Dong Village in Jian-Chang County, within the Jiufotang Formation (dated ∼120 Ma). It can be ...

Birds-of-paradise are even colorful in the dark, with feathers and body parts that glow a brilliant yellow-green under ...

The spring 2025 ads, full of fluff and feathers, urge people to “Save What You Love,” before it disappears for good.

Picture a primordial Earth: a world of muted browns, grays and greens. Fast forward to today, and Earth teems with a ...