In his new book, biologist Thor Hanson reveals the power of paying attention to the natural world "close to home." ...

“A sunset tinge” is how Papua New Guinea ethnobiologist Challis Pulotu describes the red on a live, “really beautiful” raggiana bird of paradise (Paradisaea raggiana) he once had a chance ...

Biofluorescence by itself isn't big news; it shows up in plenty of animals, including humans (our teeth fluoresce under UV ...

When Okello laughed, all the homesteads could hear. Often, he’d laugh so hard that he’d have to sit down, and even lay down ...

The long first section, titled Bird, opens with a dream sequence ... It is a novel that depicts a beautiful world, one worth living in, and for. It is a novel that looks, perhaps too squarely ...

The beautiful, large-format book showcases the best images from the 2024 contest—some of the most stunning bird photographs ever ... it is a Magellanic Penguin that faces the underwater threat.

We've shown that larger species like elephants do face higher cancer rates—exactly ... from veterinary autopsies of 31 amphibians, 79 birds, 90 mammals, and 63 reptiles. They used advanced ...

Secretary Bird, Sagittarius serpentarius, Portrait of nice grey bird of prey with orange face, Kenya, Africa. Wildlife scene from nature. It is a beautiful animal with a grey crest on its head. Image ...

There’s something magical hiding in Fayetteville that has Arkansans putting down their fishing poles and hitting the road for ...

Oregon hides a waterfall wonderland just 26 miles east of Salem that feels like stepping into a fantasy novel—minus the talking animals (though I wouldn’t rule them out entirely). Silver Falls State ...

Silent Skies” — an exhibition of paintings and drawings of critically endangered and extinct birds — is on display at the ...