Dispatch's own Weatherbird, the oldest daily cartoon in American newspapers, is still going strong after nearly 125 years.

With it's widely varied landscapes, Arizona is home to so many cool creatures. These are 10 of the most unique animals. Have ...

I’m not sure whether it was elementary school science classes or Fred Flintstone’s Brontosaurus burgers that made the giant ...

Flickr/Can Pac Swire The 1969 Sesame Street Premiere Sesame Street first aired on November 10, 1969. The show brought a fresh approach to children’s TV by mixing education with fun. It used puppets, ...

Typically, male birds have more vivid colours than females. As Charles Darwin first explained, the most colourful males are ...

Many species of songbirds have evolved to have strikingly colorful plumage, aiding them in catching the eye of mates, ...

The discovery, in a bizarre animal not closely related to birds, could change how scientists think about the origin of ...

If you find a bird feather – how can you tell which species it belongs to? An ornithologist in the Forensic Laboratory at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service pondered this question.

Body coverings such as hair and feathers have played a central role in evolution. They enabled warm-bloodedness by insulating ...

Max Porter’s stories of people on the margins are told in fragments, flickering images, surprising swirls of language and wit ...

As global temperatures rise under climate change, the bees responsible for pollinating many crops are under increasing stress ...