Nocturnal and known for their large eyes and distinctive hoot, owls are beautiful birds. But how long do owls live, and what ...

Conservationists are calling for greater protections for the Philippine tarsier, the tiny, wide-eyed primate native to the ...

Experts say the black-crowned night herons are faring better after a population dip, but they still need our support.

Any parent will tell you how useful it can be to have family living nearby, giving a helping hand when raising your children.

The existence of any prehistoric apex predators in the islands of the Caribbean used to be doubted. While their absence would have probably made it even more of a paradise for prey animals, fossils ...

NCpedia states that, until the early 1940s, the colors of the University of North Carolina - blue and white - were generally ...

The repeated evolution of huge birds is part of the dinosaurian legacy. Beaked birds were the only dinosaurs to have survived ...

She has been watching birds for much of her life. But as a postdoctoral researcher studying avian evolution, she sees them for what most paleontologists think they really are: living dinosaurs, the ...

The sebecids acted like carnivorous dinosaurs ... In their absence, smaller endemic predators like birds, snakes and crocodiles have evolved to fill the gap in the food chain.

The number of curlew wading birds in Orkney is on the rise again after a drive to reduce the number of predatory stoats. The carnivorous mammals are classed as an invasive species in the islands ...

The surge in popularity of low-carbohydrate dietary approaches has brought increased attention to both the ketogenic and carnivore diets as potential solutions for weight management, metabolic ...