The bird had multiple traumatic injuries, including wing bruising and fractures to its left femur, shoulder and beak tip.

The white-necked jacobin (Florisuga mellivora) is a jewel-toned hummingbird found in the neotropical lowlands of South ...

This tiny bird sculpture was created 40,000 years ago by early humans in Europe who carved the key animals in their lives.

A hummingbird chick in Panama mimics a poisonous caterpillar to avoid predators—a rare case of bird-to-insect mimicry. When ...

Tim Birkhead on great auks and their extraordinary story of evolution, exploitation and de-extinction across the years ...

Imagine a bird so unique that it looks like it belongs in a fantasy world. Meet the Magnificent Bird of Paradise—one of the smallest birds of paradise, yet one of the most spectacular.

The pilots’ conversation with air traffic controllers, revealed in a partial transcript, could offer clues to what caused the ...

“Don’t let yourself be blind to what is there because you have in your head what should be there.” ...

Recently, a trail camera set up in a Malaysia reserve captured one of the rare, colorful creatures during surveys, according ...

For some, that means a hot bath or reading a few chapters of a favorite book.But for a Cockatoo named Snowee, it means ...

Meet the kakapo—a chunky, moss-green parrot that looks like it waddled out of a fantasy novel and forgot how to fly. This New ...

The great potoo, a nocturnal bird native to Central and South America, is known for its exceptional camouflage and eerie ...