Fossils reveal dinosaurs were flourishing in diverse ecosystems right up until the asteroid impact ended their reign. Their abrupt extinction reshaped Earth’s ecosystems and set the stage for mammals ...

Pioneering techniques used in this research may soon be applied to other dinosaur fossils and alter the course of ...

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

Top paleontologists have discovered that mating between some species of prehistoric behemoths was so violent that they ...

Tree limbs sag under the weight of multiple feeders and bird houses of every make and model adorn their back yard. Binoculars ...

From Backyard to Binoculars, an AARP Wyoming-sponsored virtual series in partnership with the Audubon of the Rockies, helps ...

This is owl season. The wintering snowy and short-eared owls are here and one merely needs to follow the crowd of ...

By applying computational engineering methods to model weight and gravitational forces acting on sauropod femurs, researchers found that these massive four-legged dinosaurs were generally able to stay ...

Kākāpō ( Strigops habroptilus) are large, flightless, nocturnal parrots with mottled green and yellow plumage that only breed ...

For decades, dinosaurs were thought to be permanently lost to time, but new genetic experiments suggest that assumption may ...

Herons may appear graceful and still, but their hunting style tells a much older story. Their anatomy and strike mechanics ...

Over the past half century, researchers have established that birds evolved from dinosaurs: specifically, the theropods, the ...