The Sioux were not the original inhabitants of the Black Hills. Their people were originally from the Northern Great Lakes and moved westward. Beginning in the early 18th century, the Sioux engaged in ...

It’s hard not to be dazzled by the bright yellow butterflies fluttering around the Inland Northwest these days. Not only are they striking in color, but they’re among the biggest butterfly species in ...

A tropical water bird rarely seen in Colorado appears to be taking a summer vacation at a private Boulder County pond, to the delight of hundreds of Front Range birdwatchers.

At around 30 cm (11 in) in length, a species called Epidexipteryx likely takes the cake as the smallest dinosaur in this group. It lived during the Jurassic period in modern-day China and is known for ...

The Capital Humane Society's annual Tails & Trails Pet Festival is on May 17th at Glacial Till Vineyard in Palmyra from 4:00-8:00 p.m. Visit their website for tickets!

Crow tail feathers are all the same length and will spread out like a fan. A raven’s tail feathers are longer in the center and, when the bird is in flight, take on a wedge or diamond shape.

Hudson County Bird strike part of investigation into fatal helicopter crash as crews work to recover rotor, tail pieces Updated: Apr. 11, 2025, 4:48 p.m. | Published: Apr. 11, 2025, 3:33 p.m. By ...

“Well, a couple of families came into the nature center that we have out here at Hart Park, and they just said they saw a guy grab it by the tail feathers and take off with it, you know,” park ...

The fact that both Baminornis and Archaeopteryx coexisted, yet one had a short tail while the other retained a long one, illustrates the “chaos” of bird tail evolution. Even in the Jehol Biota, some ...

What happens when we talk to animals?W hen the crow whisperer appeared at the side gate to Adam Florin and Dani Fisher’s house, in Oakland, California, she was dressed head to toe in black, wearing a ...

One of the newly described species, named Baminornis zhenghensis, has bird-like shoulders, pelvic girdle, and tail. However, it retains a hand structure similar to that of other dinosaurs.

This bird had some features characteristic of modern birds, such as a short tail. The oldest short-tailed bird previously known is 120 million to 131 million years old and from the Cretaceous period.