Few sights feel as wild and lively as the rapid tap-tap-tap of a woodpecker at work on a tree trunk. For garden lovers who ...

When it comes to copying R2-D2, the best bet seems to be small birds with small brains .

With All Hallows Eve rapidly approaching, I thought it was high time to explore the spookier side of birds. Specifically, ...

Birds are the closest living relatives of dinosaurs, not crocodiles. Modern birds evolved from theropod dinosaurs. They ...

Officials with the Missouri Department of Conservation issued caution Friday following “numerous reports” of the Highly ...

Researchers made a grim discovery on a remote, "picturesque" Australian island, People reported, with a common environmental scourge to blame. Lord Howe Island is the sort of pristine island paradise ...

A new international study led by researchers from Aarhus University and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) reveals that small bats can be just as efficient predators as lions—and often ...

After decades of mystery, scientists have finally proven that Europe’s largest bat, the greater noctule, hunts and eats small songbirds mid-air—more than a kilometer above ground. Using tiny ...

Fringe-lipped bats from Panama hunt like miniature lions, using a “hang-and-wait” strategy to capture large, energy-rich prey. High-tech biologging revealed they spend most of their time conserving ...

The Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winner returns with an epic tale set in Polynesia a thousand years in the past.

Scientists discovered that a tiny Panamanian bat hunts like a lion, catching large prey using sound, patience, and precision.