In the race to save birdlife around the world, time is running out—and doing everything right still won’t be enough. Despite global conservation goals and urgent policies aimed at protecting nature, ...

Conservation efforts alone may not be enough to prevent a looming bird extinction crisis. Specific rescue strategies are ...

When one bird was immobile, the cat almost always ignored it in favor of its mobile comrade: “After TI was induced in a bird, ...

Scientists reconstructed 500 million years of evolutionary history to reveal which came first: colorful signals or the color ...

New research on armadillos reveals how DNA shuffling rates evolve. These ancient mammals have surprisingly similar rates, ...

A 500-million-year-old fossil from Morocco, discovered by Natural History Museum scientists, is offering extraordinary new ...

Alignment and sequencing errors are a major concern in molecular evolution, and this valuable study represents a welcome improvement for genome-wide scans of positive selection. This new method seems ...

Phylogenetic tree reconstruction of sampled specimens indicated that Dugesia japonica forms a sister clade to the studied population, albeit with distant genetic relatedness, suggesting the latter may ...

By combining data on all known bird species, this tree is the most impressive snapshot yet of one of Earth’s most awe-inspiring classes of animal.

This was no easy feat, as the Tree of Life reaches 145 feet tall, 50 foot wide at the trunk and 170 feet in diameter with its roots and canopy. It boasts over 300 animal carvings on its trunk.

As artificial intelligence advances, some scientists are exploring its potential role in guiding animal evolution. Could this reshape the future of life—or trigger ethical and ecological ...

April 8 (UPI) -- An animal rescue group in Ohio had to call for help when one of five kittens abandoned outside the facility climbed a nearby tree and became stranded. Toledo Animal Rescue ...