Until now, Antarctica was the only continent on Earth without any known amber fossils. But sediment cores taken from below the seafloor have revealed a tiny piece of fossilized resin holding fragments ...

“First monkeys and now an emu!” Greg Lucas, a spokesperson for the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, said in a ...

An emperor penguin found malnourished far from its Antarctic home on the Australian south coast is being cared for by a ...

European sailors, upon seeing the great auks of the North Atlantic, dubbed them "penguins" due to their resemblance to the ...

It's believed to be the furthest north sighting of an emperor penguin and with the flightless bird a long way from home, ...

From a monkey that weighs only a few ounces to a 100-pound rodent, get to know some of these adorable creatures.

The fossilized leg bone of the terror bird went unidentified for almost 20 years. Nearly 12 million years ago, the largest ...

The flightless birds inhabit the Antarctic, huddling together to keep warm in the icy climate, where temperatures reach as ...

The Antarctic bird was seen on Ocean Beach in Denmark, about 430km south of Perth, on Friday in what is believed to be the ...

Despite their diverse behaviors, one question has always lingered: why don’t we see any flightless bats? There are birds that waddle along riverbanks like ostriches, or spend their lives by the sea ...

Cassowaries are curious birds known to attack humans. They are quick and can sprint as fast as 50 km (31 miles) per hour, an ability they have developed since they are flightless. They are further ...