In Cuba, you can find a beautiful dove that has a brown-feathered body topped with an iridescent blue head. It might not be ...

A biotechnology company whose goal is to bring back the wooly mammoth says its recent small step is big news. Colossal ...

Extinction troubled us long before we had a name for it. The original mascot for the loss of species, even before the concept was understood, was the dodo. The bird — fat and flightless, found by 17th ...

Ancient DNA shows an endangered dove species endemic to Cuba is more genetically distinct than the dodo was before it died out.

Researchers sequenced the DNA of Cuban blue-headed quail dove, expecting clear origins. Instead, they found it has no close relatives.

A similar approach is being used to revive the dodo bird by altering the genes of the Nicobar pigeon, the dodo's closest surviving relative. High-profile support and growing public interest The ...

Modern birds are the living relatives of dinosaurs. Take a look at the features of flightless birds like chickens and ...

For the first time, scientists described a hummingbird chick potentially mimicking a poisonous caterpillar to avoid getting eaten. When Jay Falk and Scott Taylor first saw the white-necked Jacobin ...

According to a report by businesstoday(dot)in, in 2023, scientists found a well-preserved thylacine head, stored in ethanol for 110 years. This rare discovery gave them a unique chance to extract ...

recalled Elliot. "I put my hand on my head, and I thought, 'Oh, there's blood!'" The hawk struck him again just two days later, drawing even more blood. "I played rugby for 30 years and I don't think ...