India is a paradise for bird lovers, and these five breathtaking birdwatching hotspots prove it. From the wetlands of ...

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Photographer Tim Flach has three goldfish and two Burmese cats. The latter, Hunt and Blue, eagerly keep their owner company ...

A fossil only tells part of the story. When an animal's body is preserved as a fossil, there are often pieces missing, and ...

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

Brazilian police said Wednesday they were probing the outbreak of a lethal virus among some of the last Spix's macaws, one of ...

This bird is totally crazy-looking, and it is an opera singer,” says a biologist from Colombia and an expert on Neotropical ...

Many of the world’s most fascinating archaeological sites are overshadowed by their more famous neighbors, leaving countless ...

The extent of an incredible dinosaur highway has been revealed in Bolivia, a country where actual skeletal fossils are rare.

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The endangered Vallarta mud turtle faces severe habitat loss in Mexico, leaving its tiny surviving population at urgent risk.