In two recent interviews on Fox News, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. downplayed concerns about H5N1 avian influenza in ...

One of the most infamous cautionary tales of humanity's follies, the reasons behind the extinction of the dodo are even more ...

Ancient DNA shows an endangered dove species endemic to Cuba is more genetically distinct than the dodo was before it died out.

The Galapagos Rail had not been seen on this island since Charles Darwin's visit to the archipelago in 1835, until now.

New research reveals that the extinction of New Zealand’s giant, flightless moa was inevitable after human arrival. Using ...

World Sparrow Day is observed annually to raise awareness about the precarious state of the sparrow population, which is ...

Researchers sequenced the DNA of Cuban blue-headed quail dove, expecting clear origins. Instead, they found it has no close relatives.

It’s been another record-breaking year for Bitterns in the UK with 283 booming males recorded in the latest results from the ...

Dinosaurs are the extinct relatives of birds that roamed the lands and seas of ancient Earth. They first appeared around 240 ...

A South African court order issued Tuesday barred for at least 10 years commercial fishing at key breeding colonies for ...

A new analysis from researchers at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History reveals that nearly half of the genus ...

Australia has some of the most diverse plants and animals in the world. Overnight, 21 of those species were added to the ...