When trying to attract birds to your garden, you might be tempted to consider the colors of your flowers and decor. But do ...

I love spring … the colors, the smell, the sounds of singing birds. After a winter of gray skies, white landscapes and no smells — I just love spring. I am fortunate enough to spend a ...

The blue-billed curassow is the world's most threatened species of cracid, a family of beautiful crested game birds found primarily in Latin America. This large, mainly black bird is the only curassow ...

Interestingly, birds remain woefully understudied when it comes to the optical extras. Until now, no one had looked for the ...

blue, scarlet, and green. These colors distinguish them as some of the world's most dramatic and attractive birds. Males often sport vibrant feathered ruffs or amazingly elongated feathers ...

Off in the distances I can hear the familiar scream-like call of a blue jay. The sound pierces through the yellow and orange autumn maple leaves on a crisp blue sky day. I sit enjoying the sunshine, ...

The birds are no different ... Blood is shunted to and from these areas of bare skin to produce the red, blue and white colors. In addition, the size of the snood, waddles and other patches ...

New research reports, for the first time, the widespread occurrence of biofluorescence in birds-of-paradise. The study, based on specimens collected since the 1800s, finds biofluorescence in 37 of the ...