Birds are some of nature’s most beautiful creatures — but a few of our feathered friends are truly bizarre — like these 25 ...

Zealandia, the world’s first fully fenced urban ecosanctuary, is taking a long view on conservation—and creating one of New ...

From dodos to dugongs, mythical birds to magical horses, these 15 weirdest national animals from around the world truly let ...

Chad Campbell led the Masters as the first round yielded low scores aplenty in perfect conditions at Augusta. Campbell, 34, ...

Not all birds are meant to soar. Some evolved differently — trading wings for powerful legs, speed, or swimming skills. From ...

Long before big cats, terror birds reigned as apex predators. Here’s how these flightless birds hunted, and why they went ...

The released birds are the closest living relatives of the extinct Arabian ostrich. The flightless animals' return is part of ...

Dozens of adventurers are hoping to claim a $10,000 reward, which is on offer to anyone who can provide proof that the South ...

Challenging a 50-year-old narrative about Hawaiʻi's native birds, a new study from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa found ...

A new study challenges a decades-old assumption about the loss of Hawaiʻi’s native waterbirds. Challenging a half-century-old ...

Ngururrpa Country teams identified the night parrot (Pezoporus occidentalis) using acoustic sensors and Indigenous knowledge ...

This year, at least six animal and insect species moved to the Extinct category of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...