With its large, forward-facing eyes and head tufts that look like ears, the great eared nightjar resembles a dragon more than a bird. Often nicknamed the "baby dragon," this otherworldly-looking ...

Colin Travers’s day job is in McGovern’s pub in Gorey, Co Wexford. By night he searches remote areas across the county for a secretive bird assumed extinct in Ireland: the nightjar. Travers spends his ...

A rare, nocturnal bird thought to be extinct in Ireland has been spotted in the south-east. A recent survey has confirmed the existence of the rare, nocturnal nightjar bird in Ireland. With very few ...

The Itombwe nightjar is a bird described from a single specimen in the Congo Basin nearly 70 years ago and not seen by science for at least the past decade. It’s in the top 10 of the global Search for ...

The mysterious nightjar is among the species being tracked as part of the largest survey of heathland birds for more than 20 years. The study, organised by the British Trust for Ornithology, will also ...

The Great Eared Nightjar, a bird resembling a 'baby dragon,' inhabits the dense forests of South and Southeast Asia. Its mottled plumage provides excellent camouflage, allowing it to blend seamlessly ...

FORT JACKSON, S.C. -- Josh Arrants and Samantha Smith, both wildlife technicians with the Directorate of Public Works Wildlife Branch, arrived at their first stop along North Tower Road at 9 p.m., ...

A strange bird lives in Southeast Asian jungles. It is the Great Eared Nightjar. People call it a baby dragon. This bird has large eyes and horn-like feathers. It hides well in forests. The bird makes ...

The Nightjar gets its name from its harsh jarring call uttered at night. The species is a bird that most people, me included, have never seen and know next to nothing about. The Nightjar is one of the ...

And Then Come the Nightjars is a quirky mockumentary that’ll have you hooting with laughter. This British gem follows the misadventures of a dysfunctional family tasked with documenting the elusive ...