Seventy million years ago, a feathered, flightless dinosaur known as an oviraptor squatted over a carefully arranged ring of blue-green eggs. Yet paleontologists have always struggled to understand ...

Researchers reconstructed clutches of oviraptors, bird-like but flightless dinosaurs that lived between 70 and 66 million ...

Scientists in Taiwan examined the brooding behavior and hatching patterns of bird-like but flightless oviraptors.

Birds are amazing parents, with many species caring for their babies until they’re ready to live on their own. They also have a unique way of feeding their babies that may sound unpleasant. The ...

Every dinosaur came from an egg, but exactly how those eggs cracked open is something we know little about. That's why a ...

Scientists recreated a life-sized oviraptor and nest to investigate how these bird-like dinosaurs hatched their eggs.

What do we really know about how oviraptors—bird-like but flightless dinosaurs—hatched their eggs? Did they use environmental ...

When scientists look at the effects of a warming planet on wildlife, the news is almost universally grim. Animals and plants are falling out of sync with each other. Ecosystems are fraying. Coral ...

Did I expect to find hope and a rekindling of belief in some birds living atop a wastewater tank? No. But it is out there, if only we look.

I enjoy following the live video feeds of three different bald eagle nests in Pennsylvania. Last year the one nest contained two eggs and about five weeks into the incubation time I no longer saw an ...

At this time of year, wild eastern turkeys are still congregated in the flocks of 20 or so birds with which they spend the winter. Groups of hens, mature female turkeys, will generally winter with ...

No major cicada broods will emerge in 2026, but stragglers from 13‑ and 17‑year cycles may appear in several states. Here’s ...