7+ hour, 13+ min ago  (306+ words) A new species of steamerduck has been described from South America. Researchers drew on both field observations and museum specimens to distinguish it from other members of the genus, which includes both flightless and flight-capable forms. Detail of the colour…...

3+ mon, 3+ day ago  (217+ words) An article published in Birding, the journal of the American Birding Association (ABA), has raised the possibility that Siberian Tit may now be extirpated from North America. The piece by Brad Meiklejohn of Eagle River, Alaska, examines the history and…...

5+ mon, 4+ day ago  (571+ words) One of the world's oldest living animal species has been restored to a reserve on the Scottish Solway coast. Recent wet weather has hatched a new population of the rare Tadpole Shrimp at Mersehead RSPB, Dumfries. This represents only the…...