New University of Otago—Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka research shows Aotearoa has been increasingly accepting new bird species from ...

New esearch shows Aotearoa has been increasingly accepting new bird species from around the world since the start of the Ice Age, offering clues into future migration patterns.

When landscapes change, exotic species take advantage of new habitats. Such a pulse of colonisation coincided with the Ice ...

ZooTampa gives a nod to ancient history with a limited-time immersive exhibit of 15 life-sized dinosaurs. Storied beasts include the 40-foot-long Tyrannosaurus rex, a Dilophosaurus and the feathered ...

Does a duck always look like a duck and quack like a duck? Sixty-six million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous Period, ...

Small communities can practise direct democracy: people meet and decide, or vote, on decisions concerning them all. In large ...

Ever wondered what role the neck serves? Besides holding the head in place, of course. Depending on the bird's diet and hunting style, necks adapt to help the bird survive. Not only that but sometimes ...

Scientists also declared several other extinctions, including the first documented plant extinction in New Hampshire.

It is not a real surprise that the smallest birds in the world belong to the family Trochilidae, commonly known as hummingbirds. However, even within the hummingbird family, there are large ...

Bird flu cases are still rising in the U.S. as the virus continues to devastate poultry farms. More than 145 million chickens, ducks, turkeys and other fowl have been slaughtered across the United ...

Behind the wheel is Nick Leseberg, an ecologist, who drives at a slow but steady pace with keen eyes that miss little in the ...