Conservationists went to dramatic lengths to save the birds, including pumping boiling hot water into the ground to ward off ...

From their odd appendages to their unsavory hygiene, certain animals suffer an image problem. But their awkward attributes ...

A new study shows that one group of Galápagos yellow warblers responds to intruders more aggressively than others. It adds ...

In suburban Sydney, sulphur-crested cockatoos (Cacatua galerita) previously figured out how to break into garbage bins and ...

A first-ever collaboration between the National Gallery of Art and the Smithsonian examines the birth of natural history.

See the best animal photos of 2018. Get up close to a shark feeding frenzy and meat-eating bats in these amazing pictures selected by National Geographic editors.

For the new study, researchers collected the biggest dataset so far on the Amazon’s resident birds, representing 77 non-migratory species and spanning the 40 years from 1979 to 2019.

Penguins of all sorts are beloved birds, known for their quirky appearance and endearing waddle. Macaroni penguins are ...

Have you ever considered that the creatures we find most repulsive might actually be the ones we should appreciate most? National Geographic's recent article "The astonishing superpowers of nature's ...

A red-capped manakin will moonwalk better than Michael Jackson in a lek of others when it wants to attract a female mate.

Narrated by English comedian Ross Noble, the documentary series follows the fascinating, if sometimes revolting, behavior of ...

The national park’s website says there are nearly 300 species of birds, 16 species of fish, five amphibian species, six different reptile species, and 67 species of mammals living in Yellowstone.