Baffled wildlife officials in China are investigating how hundreds of wild ducks were found dead in a frozen river when they should have been flying south for the winter. The…
A fireman is demanding EUR 20,000 compensation from a budgie breeder he claims sold him infected birds that nearly killed him. Plaintiff Walter Reintges, 60, had reportedly bought 14 of…
Two young brothers who were close to death after 26 days lost in the Amazon rainforest have astonished medics with their rapid recovery. Gleison and Glauco Carvalho Ferreira went missing…
A diminutive 225 million year old reptile unearthed in Brazil gave rise to the biggest creatures that ever flew, according to new research. The lizard-like species measured just 15 inches…
This is the moment one of the rarest birds of prey in the world is rescued by policemen from a royal palace. The lost and dehydrated young imperial eagle was…
Authorities were forced to euthanise 143 roosters after breaking up a cockfight in a southern Californian home in an open investigation. Standby officers arrived at the scene around midnight after…
These critically-endangered birds are making a comeback in the Galapagos Islands. Experts from the Charles Darwin Foundation (CDF) and the Galapagos National Park Directorate who formed part of The Mangrove…
Prehistoric dinosaur birds preferred to snack on insects instead of fish, a new study has revealed. It had been believed that the 120 million-year-old Longipterygidae family's long beaks with sharp…
Over one in five reptiles species are in danger of extinction but no one seems to care because they are “less charismatic” than mammals or birds. During the 15-year research…
The world's oldest zoo will provide care for over 30 endangered northern bald ibis chicks as part of a programme to lead them back to their natural habitat using a…