Scientists have long been mystified about how huge, flying-capable birds such as ostriches, emus and kiwis wound up on ...

At some point, you’ve probably visited Seneca Park Zoo. Perhaps you watched polar bear Anoki splash around in her pool or you ...

Torn off from the Indian subcontinent some 88 million years ago, it’s a Petri dish of endemic evolution: the Texas-sized ...

Research finds that the ancient ostriches developed their flightlessness that we find in modern birds due to the absence of predators.

At 11 feet (3.4m) tall and nearly 27 feet (8.2m) long, Cooper’s pointy-backed herbivore – affectionately known as Apex – is ...

Piriya Vachajitpan, the founder of Museum Pier, has been interested in dinosaur fossils and prehistoric animals since he was ...

There are so many fun things to do with kids in Pismo Beach, a Central California town that's straight out of a Beach Boys ...

Spix’s macaw, a vivid-blue parrot with elaborate mating rituals, was declared extinct in the wild in 2019. A captive-breeding ...

While headlines focus on bringing back the woolly mammoth, the most significant impact of this research lies in its immediate ...

Learn the key difference between endangered and extinct species, and why it matters for conservation and biodiversity.

Aside from being a delight to watch, flight in birds is regarded by many cultures as a symbol of freedom, and a source of ...

Extinction was on the horizon for this Georgia species until wildlife organizations stepped in and saved the day.