"All whooping cranes today are descended from only 14 adults remaining on the Texas coast in 1941", he added. Thanks to decades of legal protection, habitat restoration and cross-border collaboration, ...

The Japanese army has begun deploying its fleet of V-22 Ospreys on a newly opened permanent base in the southwest, the latest ...

H umans once lived among enormous, wingless birds in New Zealand, but within a few hundred years of our species arrival, they were wiped out. Now, Colossal Biosciences has announced its plans to ...

Cranes are large omnivorous birds known for their vocalizations and for performing elaborate mating dances. There are 15 ...

Male Japanese quails produce a strange seminal foam that appears to enhance the chances of successfully fertilizing an egg.

Across the globe, numerous bird species engage in elaborate courtship dances to attract mates. These performances, honed by ...

Last week, I visited the Taiji Zen Garden in Hangzhou and saw my ‘Zen Tree’. This is the tree I dedicated last year at the opening of the Garden. It’s nice to see how beautifully things grow when we ...

Thirty-six lawmakers have proposed that the red-crested crane should be designated as the national bird. He Xiaochun, a deputy to the National People's Congress, China's top legislature, said that ...

Yuan yang, or Mandarin duck has become a popular alternative to the Japanese crane, because of its Chinese origins. Mandarin ducks are frequently featured in Chinese art and are regarded as ...