The Endangered night parrot (Pezoporus occidentalis) is one of the rarest birds in Australia, with fewer than 20 known alive ...

His expeditions, including many to the Gobi Desert in Mongolia, yielded rare findings and led to exhibitions at the American ...

Research published this month found that even in pristine, untouched areas, insect populations are still on the decline.

The researcher’s team analyzed a robust online database called eBird, which collects more than 100 million bird sightings by ...

Walter Lantz, the cartoonist, took some of his inspiration for Woody Woodpecker from our pileated woodpecker — a large ...

The planet is seeing a decline in biodiversity, but extinctions are relatively rare and don’t meet the threshold for a sixth ...

It’s not every day that you see a 4-foot-tall bird, but it’s happening more often. Several fascinating species are nesting in ...