A global study of over 1,100 species reveals an evolutionary reason why females consistently live longer than males.

At the Kofar Mazugal abattoir in Kano, the morning air in September 2025 reeks of blood and smoke. Butchers hurry between carcasses, blades flash, and the cries of cows, goats, and camels pierce the ...

Thought to be extinct in the wild, the Spix Macaw currently exists in captivity with their numbers in the dismally low 60 to ...

Members of a research crew on Seal Island rejoiced in the puffins’ comeback, but worried about the impacts of climate change on terns, and seethed with anger over budget cuts by the Trump ...

Birds that end up far from home, like the New York common cuckoo, are known as “vagrants.” They’re fairly common during ...

In fact, she notes that peak migration nights can sometimes see 400 million birds fleeing the cold to the southeast. Some of ...

Massive birds whose loud wingbeats and rollicking cries resound through tropical rainforests, African hornbills were a common ...

It’s all about access to getting food. They get nectar from flowers. These females that look like males are essentially ...

For millions of years, the African landscape — the rainforests, woodlands, savannas and scrublands — has echoed with the ...

Africa's ecosystems are running on less than two-thirds of the natural energy they once had, according to new Oxford-led ...

Meru Betiri National Park is on the southeastern coast of Java Island, which is also home to Indonesia’s capital city of Jakarta on the island’s northwestern coast.

Many birds share habitats and traits with ducks, leading to confusion for birdwatchers. This article highlights six species, ...