The things that freak people out about Muscovy ducks are the caruncles, sometimes called wattles – the prominent, bright red, ...

"Few birds are as likely to start as many arguments among paleontologists as 'vegavis,'" said professor Christopher Torres.

The discovery of the duck-billed dinosaur fossils suggests these creatures likely migrated from North America to southern ...

Sixty-six million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous Period, an asteroid impact near the Yucat n Peninsula of Mexico triggered the extinction of all known non-bird dinosaurs. But for the early ...

A highly pathogenic H5N1 virus has been circulating in wild birds in North America since late 2021, causing sporadic ...

This evidence comes from a nearly complete, 69-million-year-old skull of an extinct bird, named Vegavis iaai. The fossil is ...

A 68-million-year-old skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird, which was likely related to ...

Florida’s warm climate makes it a haven for nonnative Muscovy ducks and Egyptian geese, not to mention feral chickens. As ...

With its glaciers and sub-zero temperatures, Antarctica hardly seems like a place of refuge. However, the now icy continent ...

Using a spotting scope, Bob Riggs often visits the Saltville Well Fields in Saltville, Virginia, to catch a glimpse of some ...

North Dakota's Audubon National Wildlife Refuge is rife with all sorts of native passerines, waders and waterfowl.

Ducks Unlimited has led North America's wetland conservation, driving one of history's most impactful environmental ...