Lands inhabited by Indigenous peoples in the tropics host much of the world's biodiversity. An estimated 60 million Indigenous people around the world directly depend on tropical forests for survival, ...

By Spoorthy Raman Five “missing” bird species — not seen, heard or documented in the wild for a decade or more — were “found” ...

Hidden in plain sight, a new bird species, the Tokara leaf warbler, emerges from DNA evidence, revealing more vulnerable populations.

More than 20 species of bird around the world use a similar “whining” alarm call to warn birds like cuckoos are around. The call seems to be understood across species, and its specific use hints at ...

For decades, birdwatchers in Japan thought they were looking at the same little green songbird flitting through mountain forests on two far‑flung island chains. It took high‑tech DNA tests and careful ...