The Indian jungles are a paradise for birdwatchers. These jungles offer a chance to spot vibrant and exotic birds in their ...

What the dodo symbolizes has changed over time. It has been, variously, a parable, a joke and a warning. When we see it as an ...

Extinction troubled us long before we had a name for it. The original mascot for the loss of species, even before the concept was understood, was the dodo. The bird — fat and flightless, found by 17th ...

Illinois’ commercial fossil trade is alive and well thanks to collectors who are motivated by money, science and the hunt — ...

College basketball isn’t just about buzzer-beaters and championship dreams; it’s also about the iconic mascots prowling the ...

Sotheby’s Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art auction, holds a promise of provenance and rare finding archival works in a ...

ASTANA — For centuries, Kazakh nomads have revered animals that shaped their way of life, traditions and beliefs. Wolves ...

Meet Katy, a very young female Kororā who was most likely hit by a boat propeller from a recreation craft near Thames. Her ...

Nan Shepard’s classic of nature writing and memoir is an education in how to reorient one's attention to a landscape and its ...

This was the Lanyang Museum (蘭陽博物館), which tells the story of Yilan, both its natural environment and cultural heritage. The ...

Most famously, this is the area where King Saul fell on his spear rather than face capture by the Philistines. His sons ...