Over 10,000 species of birds are on the planet – most of them capable of flight. Watch this fascinating video as we learn about the birds with the most enormous wingspans in the world – some spanning ...

Digital reconstruction of the Late Cretaceous (~69 million years old) crown bird Vegavis iaai that was completed following ...

Explore the diverse wetlands of India, from the Sundarbans to Chilika Lake, home to unique wildlife and vital ecosystems.

The new skull exhibits a long, pointed beak and a brain shape unique among all known birds previously discovered from the ...

The new skull exhibits a long, pointed beak and a brain shape unique among all known birds previously discovered from the ...

The feathered creature thrived during the Cretaceous period, and continued to do so even after an Earth ... of modern bird evolution." The birds developing elsewhere on the planet at the same ...

An intact, fossilized specimen of the world’s largest egg—of any known species ever on Earth—entered the National Geographic Society's collection in 1967. The elephant bird belongs to a ...

Prince William beamed alongside the winners of a Blue Peter Earthshot competition which asked young environmentalists to ...

Contrary to popular belief, dinosaurs never went extinct. They’re still alive among us – in the form of birds! Birds are the only dinosaurs that survived the cataclysmic mass extinction caused ...

Life on Earth is incredibly ... of the world’s largest mammals. Blue whales are not only big, but they are also considered the largest animals to have ever inhabited the planet.