On a lawn inside the Bronx Zoo, rows of headstones display multiple animal species, making for an eerie display during the ...

The hunt for Australia’s rarest bird of prey, the red goshawk, has delivered an early Christmas gift. Just when it was feared that these superbly patterned raptors were disappearing from Australian ...

Hope still remains that Imperial woodpecker has not yet gone extinct in Mexico, but a decades long hunt remains tantalisingly without success. (Audubon Society) For the dedicated ornithologist, there ...

When a bird rarely seen on this continent showed up in Riverhead last month, the reaction was, as might be expected, a little cuckoo. Native to Eurasia, the bird is anything but common here: It ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. There’s an important concept in evolutionary biology called ...

Scientists in New York City are watching closely dozens of brown pelicans that were spotted in Jamaica Bay. The rare sightings of the southern birds this far north raise the possibility that they may ...

A Shoebill, a rare and majestic prehistoric-looking bird known for its large shoe-shaped bill and long legs, landed on a boat in Mabamba Bay, Uganda, providing a unique sight for bird-watching ...

A bird sighting on New York’s Long Island has avian enthusiasts flocking to the region in hopes of spotting a feathered friend that has never been seen before in the state. The common cuckoo is ...