Scientists discovered a moth that appears 3D despite having flat wings. Tiny structures on its wings reflect light that ...

The age of the dinosaurs may conjure images of large, fearsome reptiles in the minds of many – but those were far from the ...

Charles Darwin predicted the existence of a moth with a long tongue based on a comet orchid's nectar spurs. This was ...

Discover how the Antarctic midge, Antarctica's only native insect, survives extreme cold through unique adaptations.

Raven Ridge takes in birds of all shapes and sizes, but one of their latest admissions is a species they don’t see often. They call him “a unique ...

Fewer than 2,500 Western snowy plovers remain along the entire West Coast of the United States, and Alameda is lucky enough to host several of the threatened birds. Sharol Nelson-Embry introduces the ...

New research has demonstrated the powerful impacts the reintroduction of predators can have on an ecosystem. The presence of ...

February 3, 2025 • You've seen Braxton Cook in this space before, but never out front. The alto saxophonist transforms the Tiny Desk with his own band.

Discover the remarkable bird fossil from Antarctica that is rewriting the story of bird evolution. Learn how this 69-million-year-old bird challenges previous theories.

A new study by Ohio University found an important fossil of the oldest known modern bird, which lived in Antarctica when ...

At that time, it was proposed as an early member of modern - also known as crown - birds that were evolutionarily nested ...

As California’s Central Valley makes headlines for the growing number of people testing positive for the bird flu from exposure to dairy cows, Rais Vohra, MD, professor at UC San Francisco, Fresno and ...