Natural History Tour in Southwestern Bulgaria and Northern Greece, 10 July -16 July 2020

Aug 4 2020

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Fossil bird with fancy tail feathers longer than its body 16th September 2021
Peacock tails are just one example of how evolution walks a line between favoring traits that make it easier to survive, and traits that make it easier to find a mate. In a new study, scientists have found evidence of this age-old conundrum in the form of a fossil bird from the Early Cretaceous with […]
Young female black bears in Asheville, North Carolina, are big, have cubs early 9th September 2021
Black bears (Ursus americanus) reproduced at a younger age in urban areas and were nearly twice the size of bears in national forests shortly after their first birthdays.
After 10,000 years of inbreeding, endangered flightless parrots from New Zealand are in surprisingly good genetic health 8th September 2021
Before humans made their way to New Zealand, the critically endangered flightless parrot known as the k?k?p? likely numbered in the hundreds of thousands. By 1995, their numbers had dwindled to just 51 birds, including 50 isolated on tiny Stewart Island and a single male, known as Richard Henry, all alone on the mainland. Today, […]