Scientists uncovered a 149-million-year-old bird fossil in southeastern China with unexpectedly modern traits they believe could rewrite the evolutionary history of birds. The recently discovered ...

The findings reveal that insects developed modern patterns of herbivory long before flowering plants flourished, upending a ...

While Ziegler installed the camera on a reef's floor to get a video of a glistening sunrise, the camera shot otherworldly ...

We found that the number of birds on the mixed-habitat solar farms was typically twice that of the intensively managed sites, ...

Photographer and National Geographic Explorer Rena Effendi learned that a little-known species was named after her late ...

The cassowary looks like a relic from another geologic era – it’s as tall as a person, has glossy black feathers and piercing ...

The Museum of Comparative Zoology holds more than 21 million specimens ... “There’s this huge challenge to get the data that’s on all the labels on the other 90 percent of the collection ...

There are a wide variety of NPSC exams conducted every year by the commission for the recruitment of deserving candidates.

Their efforts were rewarded with the discovery of newly identified eggshell types, confirming that at least six different ...

The short answers are, no, yes, yes. No, not all centipedes are dangerous. Yes, some southwestern U.S. and tropical ...

Illegal menageries — privately owned zoos and wildlife collections — were once considered a status symbol among affluent individuals and private estates. But over the past two years, multiple raids ha ...

A San Diego Zoo employee of almost 23 years who worked his way up to senior wildlife nutrition assistant passed away this ...