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Discover the fascinating world of the five largest owl species across the globe, each boasting impressive size, powerful hunting abilities, and unique adaptations. From the elusive Great Gray Owl ...

Animal life, emerging nearly 600 million years ago, showcases incredible diversity and unique traits. Unlike plants, animals ...

A Haast’s eagle attacks a moa pair. John Megahan, PLOS Biology, 3(1): e20 via Wikipedia under CC By 2.5 Evolution has a fondness for big birds. During the past 66 million years, repeated on ...

The island of New Guinea is famed for its eye-popping diversity of plants, animals and human cultures. Estimated to host ...

New study finds that ammonia aerosols from penguin guano likely play an important part in the formation of heat-shielding ...

Editor’s Note: In “Medical Mysteries,” Audubon is featuring scientists who’ve turned to birds to solve age-old health dilemmas and answer questions about our own biology. Read about Barn Owls that cut ...

Sierra Leone’s present beauty and past pain are intimately bound. A journey from the West African country’s jungles to its ...

Ottawa stopped measuring sediment years ago, throwing the future of flood defences, farmland, cities and delta health into ...

For years, birders and activists have demanded that Dhanauri be officially notified as a wetland under Indian law—something ...

My hosts organized a bird-hunting expedition to Patutaka ... In 2017, Hōkūle‘a completed a circumnavigation of the planet. In traversing Earth’s largest ocean, one can travel thousands of miles and ...