The nightjar has "a supernatural reputation" thanks to a myth that it steals milk from goats The number of nightjars recorded ...

Ever wondered what a small, fluffy dragon with catlike ears looks like? Meet the great eared nightjar, a rather mystical-looking bird. This big-eyed creature, whose name is Lyncornis macrotis and is ...

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While many lizard species remind us of our favorite fictional dragons, with their scales and long tails, we generally don’t think of birds as resembling dragons. However, the great eared nightjar ...

It is still, warm and humid, but overcast. The sun is bleeding orange-red into the clouds. The air echoes to the closing bars of the day's birdsong, and a tree pipit whistles from the top of a pine. A ...

A strange bird lives in Southeast Asian jungles. It is the Great Eared Nightjar. People call it a baby dragon. This bird has large eyes and horn-like feathers. It hides well in forests. The bird makes ...

The mysterious nightjar is among the species being tracked as part of the largest survey of heathland birds for more than 20 years. The study, organised by the British Trust for Ornithology, will also ...

The European nightjar is a protected species in parts of the UK, so when forestry or construction work is planned to take place in their habitat, ecologists first need to check for nesting sites. A ...