Skywatch Bird Rescue, based in Castle Hayne, took in a fledgling Great Horned Owl and a newborn Great Horned Owl within the past week.

This story was originally published by Biographic and is republished here by permission. A stocky brown-and-white shorebird scurried along the beach, pausing midstride to probe the mud for tiny pink ...

Chickens are the universal symbol of urban homesteading. Instagrammers pose with one tucked under an arm as a self-sufficiency flex. But what if I told you raising backyard chickens in Portland is a ...

Adriance told the seven-man commission that 2025’s 200-day recreational red snapper season mapped out the staff recommendation for 2026’s seven-day-a-week, four-fish-per-day limit. The snapper must ...

Red snapper, black bears, green-hued largemouth bass, black-bellied whistling ducks along with the white and black varieties of sac-a-lait made for interesting and colorful news and discussion during ...

Scientists may have been dramatically undercounting the number of vertebrate species on Earth. A large analysis of more than 300 studies suggests that for every recognized species of fish, bird, ...

A Texas biotech company is trying to bring mammoths and other extinct creatures back to life. The science is as intriguing as the ethical questions are thorny.

Earth’s vertebrate diversity may be far richer than anyone realized. A sweeping analysis of more than 300 studies suggests that for every known fish, bird, reptile, amphibian, or mammal species, there ...

Scientists surveying an Iranian canyon at night found a wide-eyed surprise — a brand-new species of spiky gecko.

Once nearly wiped out by overhunting and logging, nest boxes kept wood ducks from vanishing – and volunteers are still ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Whether you decide to build your own or purchase a duck boxes help address habitat loss for cavity-nesting duck species. Nic Bray, ...

Long assumed by some to have been diluted and washed away over time, mercury contamination from 19th-century gold mining is still moving through Nevada’s Carson River, with levels in some waterfowl ...