Perhaps one of the world’s best known fossils is Archaeopteryx. With its beautifully preserved feathers, it has long been regarded as the first bird in the fossil record, and is often called “the icon of evolution”. Only a handful of specimens have ever been found, its elusivity adding to its fascination.

You know that feeling when you miss a flight because you overslept after a night of getting plastered? Maybe not.

A large-scale analysis of bird migrations in the contiguous United States confirms what ornithologists and amateur birders already suspected: Overall, birds’ seasonal long-distance flights are happening earlier than they did a quarter of a century ago.

The giant tortoise, one of nature's vegetarians. Or is it?

For a long while, it was assumed that only humans have personalities or can exercise self-control. Now, biologists are beginning to discover that birds and other wild animals share these traits with humans.

Australian horticulture grower reduces bird presence by up to 90%

Global warming is changing European birds as we know them, a study has found, but it’s not just the increase in temperature that’s to blame.

The avian influenza outbreak in South Africa this year has led to the culling of millions of birds in the country, resulting in a 30% reduction in the production of hatching eggs. Poultry farmers, already battling with loadshedding and high costs, and local consumers are paying the price.

In South Africa, the wattled crane population has declined by 35% over 20 years, leading to the population falling to numbers as low as 131 in 1995. In a water-scarce country like South Africa, wetlands play a crucial role through the storage, purification, stream-flow regulation and recharging of groundwater.