A genetic study published in PLOS Biology in 2005 revealed the eagle’s closest living relatives are among Australia’s tiniest ...

Named for the crone-bird hybrid of Greek mythology, the appearance of this large and majestic raptor is worthy of the ...

Birds retain both these traits from their dinosaur ancestors, yet they have never equaled their largest extinct relatives in size. Even though air sacs and eggs are important contributing factors ...

Among the birds, the eagles are the most formidable and dangerous of the lot, but one extinct eagle puts all the others to ...

The state of the planet is often told in soundbites. A species saved (or extinct) here; a forest burned there. Some glacier ...

Pawhuska, Oklahoma is exactly that kind of revelation – a small town tucked into the rolling hills of Osage County that ...

One recent news story stars the rare dinosaur tree, which was assumed extinct until it was rediscovered in 1994 ... These vertebrates are mammals, reptiles, amphibians, birds, and fish. Mammals are ...

The blue-eyed ground dove is one of Brazil’s hidden treasures, but there are only around 50 to 249 of these birds left in the ...

Analysis of nearly 500 bird species across North America has found that three-quarters are declining across their ranges, ...

Only after considerable probing do we realise that birds can come in all shapes and sizes, features, colours, voices, and other parameters. Let us find out which is the largest bird in the world.