With its large, forward-facing eyes and head tufts that look like ears, the great eared nightjar resembles a dragon more than a bird. Often nicknamed the "baby dragon," this otherworldly-looking ...

The Itombwe nightjar is a bird described from a single specimen in the Congo Basin nearly 70 years ago and not seen by science for at least the past decade. It’s in the top 10 of the global Search for ...

The great eared nightjar gets called a “dragon bird” because once you see it, nothing else feels like the right […] ...

Who is that calling in the night? Nope, it’s not an owl. Our minds immediately jump to owls when we hear a bird calling out after dark, but they aren’t the only birds that are out at night. Nightjars ...