From fiery scarlet to subtle amber, these birds often flaunt this color for reasons beyond just looking pretty, many rely on ...

I have been going to see sandhill cranes over many years — but I'll never be able to view them in quite the same way since I ...

In 1799, during his explorations along the Orinoco River, German naturalist Alexander von Humboldt “stayed with a local ...

By Keith Anthony Fabro Authorities in Indonesia have made yet another major seizure of smuggled songbirds, highlighting the ...

A small group watches a great gray owl along Minnesota Highway 61 in Two ... Two mourning doves fed with the turkeys. Three kinds of finches arrived to dine on thistle seeds: goldfinch, purple ...

Q: I had some very unusual-looking birds at my finch feeder in early January. Looking at my bird book ... It looked more like a zebra in back and it had a bright orange head.

A gene producing a “super enzyme” (HSD17B2) regulates testosterone and creates three distinct male morphs in ruffs, each with unique mating strategies. This discovery could have therapeutic ...

Researchers have developed a method to study bird brains by creating digital endocasts from empty cranial spaces in bird skeletons. Using this technique, they discovered that physical brain tissues ...

One snowy owl has also continued in Marquette ... Blue jays, chickadees, house finches, and American goldfinches have selected the seed at feeders in more sheltered spots when multiple feeders ...

A RARE bird not native to the UK has been spotted in a Worcestershire garden. The blue finch, a nonmigratory bird native to South America, was spotted perched on a branch in a garden in Tibberton.