Often treated as throwaway pets, hermit crabs can live 50 years. Mary Akers, a self-taught expert, wants people to appreciate ...

A video of Sirocco the kākāpō attempting to mate with a human's head has been viewed millions of times – but he's since ...

A new analysis from Oxford Brookes University warns that Indonesia’s songbird trade is creating a hidden extinction risk: as ...

By Sean Mowbray Increasing demand for songbirds is raising the risk of “secondary extinctions” of so-called “master birds” in ...

In this edition of Breaking Down the Breed, HPJ Field Editor Lacey Vilhauer covers the Barred Rock, the friendliest chicken.

ITHACA — In June of 2023, more than 100 wildfires raging in Quebec spread a haze of thick smoke over New York state. The smoke blotted out the sun above John Boyd Thacher State Park, tinted the air in ...

House sparrows, those little chestnut and brown birds with the cheery chirruping song, may be found in cities and countryside alike, but their numbers have dwindled by a whopping 60% in the past 45 ...

A University of Michigan study found noise pollution has a significant negative impact on wild birds. Noise can interfere with mating calls, parent-offspring communication, and predator detection.