Avian influenza has swept through waterfowl flocks across the East End this month, killing hundreds of Canada geese and ducks, and sparking fears that the disease could decimate the region’s ...

The last two or three weeks of really cold weather and snow cover have limited my treks into my usual haunts in the Times News area. Add into that the fact that my favorite areas to find waterfowl, ...

Paleontologists unearthed a new species of Spinosaurus in the Sahara Desert in Niger, a discovery that adds to the debate over whether the prehistoric creatures were fully or semi-aquatic ...

High above the tree line, where steep cliffs meet a clear blue sky, a unique bird circles patiently with a specific purpose.

Communities across the state have been dealing with pervasive fowl for years. Honolulu has spent thousands of dollars ...

A flexible tongue, sensitive beak and teethlike cones in the mouth may have helped Archaeopteryx generate enough energy to fly.

Whether they do so for food, or simply the humans are in the wrong place at the wrong time, these are the animals that eat the most humans annually.

It’s exciting to think that this apex predator, carving across the sky with knife-edge confidence, is in London. The city, for all its noise and bustle, has become one of the world’s busiest for ...

Researchers Bruna Falcão and Omar Entiauspe-Neto have noticed that hundreds of snake species are more cannibalistic than previously thought. The majority of cannibalistic snakes are found in the ...

Back in the 1970s British entertainer Rod Hull famously knocked a TV chat show host off his seat by attacking him with his hand puppet called Emu.

Phoenix is believed to be home to the world's largest colony of rosy-faced lovebirds outside of their native Africa.