After holding a place of honor in the symbolic pantheon of Greco-Roman and early Christian iconography during the first ...

We've all heard someone say, "Don't touch a baby bird!" Can you help or will the parents abandon it? Here's what you should ...

He who cares for the birds of the air will doubtless care for you. You are of great worth to God. Look to the birds and ...

Amidst this unsettling environment, Colby College Museum of Art’s “Radical Histories: Chicanx Prints from the Smithsonian American Art Museum” (through June 8) reminds us of the ability of protest art ...

Tami Gingrich offers a look inside the lives and habits of mourning doves, attempting to answer the question: "Are they truly ...

In the U.S. 42 species of birds have low and steeply declining populations that put them on the brink of disaster, scientists ...

Extinction troubled us long before we had a name for it. The original mascot for the loss of species, even before the concept was understood, was the dodo. The bird — fat and flightless, found by 17th ...

Suete, an endangered ko’ko’ bird, has become a powerful symbol of hope and connection across Guam, touching hearts of all ages.

If you’ve ever wondered why is the bald eagle our national bird, we’ll give you the circumstances around the decision. When ...

ASTANA — For centuries, Kazakh nomads have revered animals that shaped their way of life, traditions and beliefs. Wolves ...

The Galápagos rail, a small, black, ground bird, hadn’t been seen on Floreana Island in the Galápagos since 1835, when Charles Darwin first described it. That changed recently when researchers ...

The Galapagos Rail had not been seen on this island since Charles Darwin's visit to the archipelago in 1835, until now.