On May 17, and in the company of my friends Bob and Dougal, we drove to the south coast and Titchfield Haven in Hampshire were a Hudsonian godwit had been reported. It had been seen feeding with a ...

Entomologist Dr. Jessica Ware joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about the world of insects. Are cockroaches so resilient that they'd survive a nuclear war? Why do praying mantis ...

A pelican rescued at Union Reservoir last week swallowed a fishing lure and had a fishing line wrapped around its wing and ...

The Chicago Archaeopteryx provides rare 3D insights into skull evolution, soft tissue structure, and the first evidence of ...

The peacock is famous for its radiant tail, but it’s not the only bird with a particularly well-constructed rear end. Here’s ...

Goetze: Our region’s woodpeckers may be praised for some things while also maligned for perceived or actual damage caused.

The birds amassed fans, as legions of devotees follow along on webcams each spring as falcons progress from hatching to ...

Great eared nightjars live on the forest floor, remaining motionless throughout the day, camouflaged among leaf litter and ...

It’s intoxicating, not at all theartsdesk on Vinyl ’s usual thing but achieving soaring lift-off, nonetheless. Comes in photo ...

A woodpigeon is typically 40-42cm long with a wingspan of 75-80cm. They are a common breeding species here and are found all ...

Abstract: Almost all flying creatures, from centimeter-scale insects to meter-scale birds, maneuver through flapping-wing propulsion. Development of flapping-wing robots capable of long-term ...

About 90 percent of chicks survive the fall, Cabot says. However, thanks mainly to predators like foxes and birds of prey, only about half or fewer make it to young adulthood, completing the ...