In empirical terms, the male northern cardinal is a spectacular bird. Flaming red with a punker’s crest on top of its head, a ...

I was in a rush to get out of town a few weeks ago and needed a quick meal. A quick detour took me up to Broadway and there I was, waiting in line with a dozen other mostly sober people at Dick’s ...

Jim Gardner’s first impulse on hearing his wife scream at the sight of a big black bear in their yard was to shoot it — with ...

Birds have developed a unique evolutionary solution to ensure the survival of males—a powerful microRNA. This tiny gene ...

Female songbirds are more likely to sing when they share parenting responsibilities and live year‐round in stable tropical ...

The eastern box turtle is celebrating 30 years as the most highly honored reptile in the Great Smoky Mountains. Here's how it won that status.

Colossal Biosciences has announced a partnership to resurrect giant flightless birds called moa. But the company's recent ...