Fifty formerly captive Aldabra giant tortoises have been released onto an exclusive private island in the Seychelles. The ...

An effort to protect threatened wading bird colonies and their imperiled habitat on Battery and Shellbed islands, Audubon, Sandbar Oyster Co. and the North Carolina Coastal Federation have teamed up ...

At 75, a legendary albatross returns to her island home — and to her mate.

Samples were collected from the animals during a voyage to the island for the Australian Antarctic Program. Scientists observed unusual levels of mortality in elephant seals but not in other species.

Samples from dead elephant seals were collected in October after scientists visiting Heard Island aboard the icebreaker RSV Nuyina observed unusual levels of mortality in the population. The samples ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A devastating hailstorm that struck Shamrock Island in early November killed over 1,800 water birds, creating both an ecological tragedy and an unprecedented research ...

Some wildlife occupying The Bahamas got a bird's eye view of Matt Painter's postgame press conference following Purdue's 80-71 win over Memphis on Thursday. One of the island's winged creatures took ...

Twenty birds and other pets were killed and multiple businesses were destroyed in fire on Long Island Tuesday night. The fire started around 9 p.m. on West Merrick Road in Valley Stream, first ...

It’s a birdie he won’t ever forget. Bird lovers are flocking to a Long Island golf course to see the biggest star to hit the links here since the Ryder Cup — after a golfer spotted a rare cuckoo bird, ...

Birders are going cuckoo for a rare sight on Long Island. The common cuckoo bird has been spotted only four times in U.S. history in the lower 48 states, experts say. Now, it's in Riverhead. Hundreds ...

CANBERRA/SYDNEY, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Australian scientists have found hundreds of dead seal pups on Heard Island in the sub-Antarctic with signs that suggest they were killed by a destructive bird flu ...

The Buffalo Fire Department responded to a sailboat that had gotten stuck on the reef of the Niagara River, the two passengers were rescued safely. ‘Americans are going to feel it’: Bessent forecasts ...