Vampire finches have lived on Darwin Island and Wolf Island (both part of the Galapagos Islands - Ecuador) since 500,000 ...

A Greater Roadrunner zoomed into view and hopped atop one of the tee boxes to survey its surroundings. I focused my ...

Let's admire the beauty of birds with unique and strange appearances, as if they have traveled to Earth from another world.

From 9-foot tall ostriches to albatrosses with gargantuan wingspans, here are some of the biggest birds in the world.

Optical illusions aren't just fun to do, but apparently they can also reveal certain hidden details about your personality, ...

The Center for Biological Diversity sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today seeking Endangered Species Act protections for the Tecopa bird’s beak, a rare desert wetland wildflower that grows in ...

Several years ago at our Tubac home, a roadrunner spent a lot of time in our yard. I named him Roadie and took many photos.

Nevertheless, nature still has the ability to surprise us. Take the shoebill, for example: a bird so bizarre, it almost ...

NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (AP) - A Northampton woman made an unusual discovery in her yard - a deformed baby cardinal with two heads and three beaks.

The outer sheaths of birds’ beaks grow continually throughout their lives, but when they are properly aligned, the tips wear each other away and the beak stays straight and normal in length.

A 68-million-year-old skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird, which was likely related to the waterfowl that live by lakes and oceans today, according to new ...