THE long-lost forefather of the beloved duck and goose has been discovered, after outliving the hardy dinosaurs. The ...

With its glaciers and sub-zero temperatures, Antarctica hardly seems like a place of refuge. However, the now icy continent ...

A newly analysed fossil skull settles a palaeontological debate over Vegavis iaai, confirming it as a relative of ducks and ...

There is something inherently appealing about finding an animal few have seen in the wild. This could be a “lost” species or ...

Learn more about Vegavis iaai, an ancient ancestor of modern-day ducks, and one of the earliest modern birds ever discovered.

The Georgia Department of Natural Resources is urging caution after invasive snail species in the state were found to harbor ...

A 68-million-year-old skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird, which was likely related to ...

Many U.S. forests are privately owned, particularly in the Eastern and North Central part of the country. This makes control of invasive plants and pests challenging because efforts must be ...

A type of infectious parasite has been spotted inside invasive snail species brought to Georgia, according to the Department ...

Antarctica may have been a refuge for early waterfowl ancestors, shielding them from the mass extinction that wiped out the dinosaurs.

“Stumptown Fil,” -- or Filbert the beaver, who lives at the Portland Zoo -- on Sunday echoed his national counterpart, ...

According to astronomers, there are approximately 200 billion trillion stars in our observable universe — chances are, ...