According to the Cornell Lab or Ornithology, there are four general wing shapes that allow birds to do specific things, such ...

Puffins are one of Britain’s favourite birds. With their smart black, white and orange markings, adorably concerned expressions, and comical movements, we just love puffins in the UK.

Nature’s natural colors can be breathtaking. Tropical birds are famous for their brightly colored feathers, and many fish ...

Volcanoes don't just destroy; they also preserve. How is it that this vulture feather has survived for 30,000 years in volcanic debris?

Amateur wildlife photographers have been flocking to a north Belfast park to spot a tropical new arrival. Bedecked with ...

In return, they laid more eggs than I could eat. In summer when insects were their chief diet—ants being plentiful, and ...

Briarcliff Entertainment has acquired US rights to Benedict Cumberbatch Sundance and Berlin selection The Thing With Feathers and will distribute wide on October 31. Dylan Southern’s anticipated ...

People have been evacuated from a number of houses following a large blaze at a recycling centre in North Ayrshire. Six fire engines were at the scene of the blaze in West Byrehill Industrial ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. RESIDENTS have spoken about a fire that devastated a large section of a beloved Bradford woodland. Firefighters were called at 3.35pm on ...

Feather fossils are rarely found in three dimensions and are even more rarely found in mineralized form. Credit: Edoardo Terranova Valentina Rossi first saw the 30,000-year-old griffon vulture as ...