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

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 ...

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.

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

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

They're a symbol of our economic fragility and - critically - a cheap source of protein and many other nutrients. The rise in egg prices and shortage in egg supplies unnerves consumers and makes us ...

Eggs occupy a special place in politics, whether thrown in displeasure or used as a breakfast excuse to meet with legislators ...

New research shows how bird songs evolve with population changes. Young birds drive new songs, while older ones preserve ...

The latest release of kiwis in New Zealand has boosted the endangered species' return to suburbs in the capital. It's part of ...