Wildlife experts in Ohio say an eerie hissing sound coming from the trees could be a young barred owl calling out to its ...

Eotephradactylus mcintireae’ is the oldest-known flying reptile from the continent and roamed the skies 209 million years ago ...

Take a final look at Tom Sawyer Island at Magic Kingdom, which is closing permanently to make way for a "Cars" expansion to ...

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The team named the new pterosaur species Eotephradactylus mcintireae. The generic name means ‘ash-winged dawn goddess’ and references the site’s volcanic ash and the animals’ position near the base of ...

Found deep in the backcountry of the Petrified Forest National Park and uncovered by a volunteer in Washington, the specimen helps fill gaps in the fossil record.

Meet the animal care specialist who does daily bird-of-prey shows at Larkspur's annual Colorado Renaissance Festival.

Discover the world's most amazing flightless birds—like ostriches, penguins, and emus. Learn why they can't fly and how ...

As summer spreads across West Virginia, the Avian Conservation Center of Appalachia is reminding people that sometimes the ...

A single deposit has produced a wealth of fossils revealing the late Triassic ecosystem, where giant amphibians cohabited ...

Protected areas are crucial for wildlife conservation, but many are under unprecedented pressure associated with exponential ...

There’s a pleasing Cheshire usage that Garner uses throughout his books, plunder to mean ‘ponder’, and as far as he’s ...