The owl was found entangled in a yard decoration in Burlington County containing fishing line, a fish hook and a sinker, wildlife rescue workers said.

The giant garter snake is now California’s official state snake. Discover its unique traits and habitat challenges.

Many reptiles excrete solid uric acid crystals instead of liquid urine, a water-saving adaptation that could hold clues for human medicine. If you’ve never cared for a reptile, you might be surprised ...

Preharvest control of zoonotic pathogens, including Salmonella is important to public health. Processors cannot eliminate zoonoses carried ...

Paleontologists studying tail fractures in hadrosaurs think they’ve found a key clue that could finally help tell female ...

According to NatureServe, an organization that keeps tabs on North American flora and fauna, more than 7,000 of those species ...

Among its most extraordinary creatures is the Mary River Turtle, a freshwater species native to Queensland that has ...

It was near dusk on an evening last spring when I looked out at the chickens from the dining room window. I was checking to ...

THAT IS? CAN I JUST TELL YOU? I TOTALLY GET NOW WHY PEOPLE STOP WHAT THEY WERE DOING AND CAME RUNNING DOWN HERE TO SEE THIS BIRD FIRSTHAND. YOU KNOW, BIRDERS LIKE THIS IS A BIG DEAL. AND IT WAS ...

Perhaps his GPS missed an update? Birders of all stripes are flocking to Marshfield's Green Harbor River salt marsh to catch a glimpse of a roseate spoonbill. According to Audubon.com, roseate ...

After a quiet summer, the virus is hitting poultry flocks hard in the run-up to the holidays — and in the midst of a federal government shutdown. By Emily Anthes and Apoorva Mandavilli Bird flu is ...

Standing in a northern Everglades marsh in 2015, biologist Corey Callaghan watched as an enormous flock of tree swallows wheeled in the morning sun. As the mass of birds passed overhead, Callaghan and ...