A new study using advanced fossil imaging reveals that ancient pterosaurs may have mastered flight almost instantly when they ...

Scientists removed 131 cats from a remote island—and what happened next stunned geneticists. A near-extinct bird made an impossible comeback, revealing a hidden evolutionary twist that could upend ...

Before humans ever walked the planet, Earth was home to some of the strangest and most terrifying creatures in history — and we narrowly missed sharing the world with many of them. From 10-foot terror ...

"Likely a wandering individual." Experts stunned as trail cameras capture footage of creature that vanished for 200 years: ...

Flight is a rare skill in the animal world. Among vertebrates, it evolved only three times: in bats, birds, and the long-extinct pterosaurs. Pterosaurs were the first ...

The slaty-masked tinamou, found in Brazil, is utterly unafraid of people. That could be its undoing, ornithologists worry.

An Imperial woodpecker hasn't been provably sighted since 1956, making it the holy grail for bird watchers in Mexico.

For more than a hundred years, scientists believed flying reptiles called pterosaurs took to the air with birdlike brains.

European settlers introduced many species when they arrived in New Zealand in the late 1800s. While the intent was for food, ...

Key breakthrough for the return of the dodo: viable cells have been obtained and genetically modified birds have been prepared.

In new research, an international team of researchers used high-resolution 3D imaging techniques, including microCT scanning, ...

The only wild specimens of a rare blue parrot, which were recently returned to their natural habitat, have been diagnosed with an incurable, likely lethal virus, Brazil's government told AFP Thursday.