RIO DE JANEIRO — Many extraordinary stories have been told about the Bahia Emerald, a large portion of them false. It has been asserted that panthers, or some other ferocious beasts, attacked a ...

THE world's largest emerald is at the centre of a bizarre battle between America and Brazil. The 840-pound Bahia Emerald — worth a speculated $1 billion and found in Brazil's Carnaíba region ...

Early birds posed a fearsome threat. But as they responded to these competitors, cicadas evolved sleeker and more powerful wings, according to a paper published on Friday in the journal Science ...

Here’s how it works. The rapid evolution of cicadas' flight ability may have been spurred by the emergence of predatory birds, new research suggests. These insects' bodies and wing shapes ...

No one in Northern Ireland has been prosecuted for illegally killing birds of prey, despite 89 confirmed incidents in the past 15 years. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)’s ...

Credit: Trustees of London Natural History Museum Over the years, the nest, now thought to have been that of a glittering-bellied emerald hummingbird ... of more than 5000 bird nests.

Now she’s created something new entirely. Bird is – yes – an unflinching social realist drama, though one that’s streaked with colourful moments of magical realism; an unclassifiable film ...

“Ireland really coasts on its reputation as the Emerald Isle,” Mr. Daltun said in a recent interview at his West Cork home. “There is this perception that because it rains a lot in ...