Among the many unique qualities of this long-extinct Antarctic bird, it seems to have been the earliest creature that could ...

While eastern wolves require woodlands, coyotes evolved in the open Great Plains of the western U.S. and Canada. Far more ...

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Researchers in China found Baminornis zhenghensis, which lived at roughly the same time as the famous Archaeopteryx but ...

As more and more "historical" checklists are added to the platform, birds we've lost now mingle with those still hanging on.

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The American dipper, a drab-looking bird no larger than a robin, is a splashy rarity: a songbird that swims and even walks underwater. This round-bodied gray bird with short wings and a stubby tail is ...