From the Carnival in Rio de Janeiro to the shoulders of pirates: parrots are synonymous with color for people across the world. In a new study, scientists uncover a 'switch' in the DNA of parrots that ...

Researchers have analyzed mummified remains pulled from Siberia's permafrost in 2020 and determined they belong to a ...

T he nēnē, or Hawaiian goose, is the world’s rarest goose, and can only be found living in the wild in one part of the planet ...

A rare Triassic fossil unearthed in Brazil, Gondwanax paraisensis, could provide new insights into the origins of dinosaurs.

A molecule in lizard saliva may make it easier to find certain tumors in the pancreas.

The owl had undergone surgery at Evolution Exotics in Cleobury Mortimer after being found An endangered short-eared owl, which had been seen as important to the survival of its species has died ...

A photographer and videographer has captured a rare sight: one particular wild animal of which there are only a few hundred left in the world. Elias Kalliola, 35, from Helsinki, Finland ...

Anecdotes abound of wildlife behaving "drunk" after eating fermented fruits, but despite this, nonhuman consumption of ethanol has been assumed to be rare and accidental. Ecologists challenge this ...

One man camped out for 15 nights to capture an incredibly rare sight that not many humans have ever seen. Fans’ Outcry Over NASCAR’s Rash Decision Puts Wheel in Motion to Reverse Their ...

It’s been over a dozen years since Kate Bush last released a new album, but as she revealed in a rare interview Friday, the Rock Hall-inducted singer may finally be readying her return to music.

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