Letters: Ross McQueen and Teresa Rodrigues share their admiration for birds in the much-maligned genus Columba ...

Birds are a barometer of the health of water sources, habitats, and air quality. A notable example is the use of canaries in ...

Loud, flightless, and owl-like, kākāpōs are some of the strangest birds on earth. Discover more about them and what's being ...

Mandarin ducks are painted in a rainbow of colors. Their coloration looks like something out of a Disney fairytale, yet they ...

Birds need more energy to stay warm at this time of year, but they have fewer daylight hours in which to search for food ...

Same-sex sexual behaviour has been recorded in around 1,500 species, from insects and starfish to birds and mammals. Yet sex ...

Some animals form lifelong pair bonds that run deeper than simple mating. These connections shape how they live, move, and ...

Leave them alone: ‘vermin’ such as pigeons and seagulls and rats are just trying to survive in a world where humans are the ...

Most people think of moths as small insects fluttering across porch lights, but some species greatly challenge that image.

IN southern Brazil, a drink is never just a drink. A cuia, a customary drinking vessel, filled with chimarrão, the traditional Brazilian erva-mate infusion, is passed from hand to hand, opening a ...

Warblers in high mountain wetlands change their dawn singing with temperature, rain, wind, humidity and moonlight, showing ...

After a century-long absence, Colorado has a plan to restore wolverines in their natural habitat. On Thursday, Jan. 15, the ...