The slaty-masked tinamou, found in Brazil, is utterly unafraid of people. That could be its undoing, ornithologists worry.

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A growing exotic pet trade has conservationists calling for stronger regulations to protect the reptiles, birds and other ...

Human-driven changes to landscapes worldwide are 'thinning out' the ecological services supplied by wild birds, eroding the ...

A new study provides a clear picture of how birds are responding to climate change in the mountains near Vancouver.

Zoetis, a veterinary pharmaceutical company, donated some doses of its bird flu vaccine. In October, at four-months-old, the ...

The elegant trogon has officially been renamed the coppery-tailed trogon, though experts insist it's the same rare ...

In an isolated backroom of a nature reserve near Bogotá, Colombia’s capital, Wayra, a recently hatched condor chick, is a symbol of hope for Fernando Castro, a wildlife specialist. Castro, 33, says he ...

An Imperial woodpecker hasn't been provably sighted since 1956, making it the holy grail for bird watchers in Mexico.

Scientists continue to discover animals that seem almost too strange to be real. Even with shrinking habitats and climate ...

A study reveals alarming plastic ingestion rates in marine turtles, seabirds, and mammals, highlighting urgent pollution ...

To reduce their impacts on native species, feral cats have been added to New Zealand's list of animals targeted for ...