A peculiar fossil has helped scientists discover an unusual bird that lived among the dinosaurs 120 million years ago, and the find is changing the way researchers think about avian evolution. The ...

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(CNN) — A peculiar fossil has helped scientists discover an unusual bird that lived among the dinosaurs 120 million years ago, and the find is changing the way researchers think about avian evolution.

The Dickcissel was even more unusual. Goff said the midwestern bird that winters in South America was last spotted in Juneau ...

The loss of these birds will lead to the unraveling or to the complete collapse of entire ecosystems. An adult male yellow-bellied sunbird-asity (Neodrepanis hypoxantha) in Ranomafana National Park, ...

In the summer of 1989, Jack Dumbacher was a fresh-faced ornithologist-in-training on his maiden expedition to the lush rainforests of Papua New Guinea. One sticky afternoon, he noticed an unusual bird ...

The first recorded sighting of a common cuckoo in New York recently created a stir in the birding community. As reported by CBS News, a golfer spotted the cuckoo in Riverhead, Long Island, in late ...

When it comes to animal identification, people are often quick to imagine they are seeing something truly bizarre (and non-existent) than they are to conclude that they have seen something truly ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. The rare Steller’s sea eagle made its way back to Maine last winter for the ...

SOUTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) - Zoo Miami had several eggs for unique bird species from tropical America, Asia and Africa hatch just in time to celebrate their first Mother’s Day weekend. The ...