After Utica’s peregrine falcon Astrid disappeared and was presumed to be dead, it didn’t take long for her mate Ares to find ...

A series of footprints once attributed to a “swimming brontosaur” has a far more likely explanation, new research has found.

Feathers are complex skin structures, and their evolutionary beginnings are still a subject of scientific debate. Scientific ...

These recent sightings are compiled by Sue McGrath of the Newburyport Birders. Report your sightings to Newburyport Birders ...

Aging mobsters ‘stomping around like extinct dinosaurs’ take centre-stage in The Alto Knights (15A), which opens in 1957 with ...

Modern birds, along with certain snakes and fishes, have skulls whose jaws and palates are not firmly fixed in place.

These recent sightings are compiled by Sue McGrath of the Newburyport Birders. Report your sightings to Newburyport Birders at: newburyportbirders@comcast.net or 978-204-2976.

Scientists now believe that feathers didn’t just appear suddenly in birds. Instead, they evolved step by step from much ...

Many of our birds are cavity nesters, that is, they nest in holes in trees and fence posts. Woodpeckers can use their strong ...