It is a dirty little secret in the birdwatching world that the only reason the sandhill crane’s migration is so long is because the birds spend so much time soaring around in circles while making a ...

In a state filled with natural wonders, the Verde Canyon Railroad stands out as a uniquely accessible way to experience Arizona’s wild beauty – all you have to do is sit back, relax, and let the train ...

Ask someone to name an orange bird, and they’re more than likely going to say an oriole. That, of course, would be a good ...

The world’s rarest parrot, declared extinct in the wild, has hatched at a zoo. The Spix’s macaw – famous as the character Blu ...

Now that we can speak about the Miami Seaquarium in past tense — it was a theme park before its recent closing — let’s look back at other old South Florida attractions. See the snakes at the ...

Unusual preservative in specimen jars proved to be a sweet solution for studying changes in genetic diversity among fish ...

I was never much for shoegaze, the sub-genre of alt rock that is all slow, jangly guitars and echoey acoustics. In real time, ...

When a rare ocean-dwelling bird showed up on a quiet Houston lake hundreds of miles from its natural habitat, dozens of ...

I feel sick thinking that this bird was captive in that small cage for all those years," commented one heartbroken TikTok user.

The average length of a sword -billed hummingbird’s beak ranges from 8 to 12 centimeters (3.1–4.7 inches). Their beaks are ...

The great-eared nightjar looks like a real-life Pidgeotto, but the real creature is so much more fascinating than Pokémon.

Twelve million years ago, a huge flightless predator known as a “terror bird” sprinted across tropical floodplains in what is ...