The endangered kakapo is a flightless bird native to New Zealand. Its population is growing, but its parasites have dwindled.

A new gecko species, Paragehyra tsaranoro, has been discovered in Madagascar's Tsaranoro valley. As a microendemic species, ...

A tiny, overlooked wrist bone called the pisiform may have played a pivotal role in bird flight and it turns out it evolved far earlier than scientists thought. Fossils from bird-like dinosaurs in ...

Trees are invading the open, grassy habitat of the endangered golden-shouldered parrot – giving predators cover to lie in ...

Researchers in South Africa have rediscovered a lost lizard, uncovered new localities of species and found that some are in ...

Six blue-and-yellow macaws are gracing the skies of São Simão, in Brazil’s southeastern São Paulo state, after more than five ...

Birds are some of the most interesting animals in the world, whether they are stunning us with colorful plumage or ...

A company that claims to have resurrected the dire wolf has unveiled plans to bring back the moa, a long-extinct bird that ...

The dogged search for a bird that many people figured had gone extinct included torrential rains, washed-out bridges, swine ...

The group that resurrected the dire wolf species is looking to reestablish a giant bird, native to New Zealand, with the backing of legendary filmmaker Peter Jackson. The moa bird, which has been ...