Colorful birds thrive in cities, according to new research. Avian species that do well in urban areas have feathers of a more ...

Among the birds of the world, it is usually the males who have the brightest feathers and the females who are the most drab, ...

In Vermont, researchers have investigated the types of creepy, crawly bugs that their avian predators consume and may have ...

Scientists reconstructed 500 million years of evolutionary history to reveal which came first: colorful signals or the color ...

The natural marvels, which do everything from enabling acrobatic flight to insulating against Antarctic cold, continue to ...

Roger’s Gardens in Corona del Mar hosts its annual hummingbird educational and shopping event to encourage an interest in ...

Shrimplike creatures, an extinct dinosaur called the "hell heron" and colorful beetles are among the 552 new species described this year by scientists at the Natural History Museum in London.

From their odd appendages to their unsavory hygiene, certain animals suffer an image problem. But their awkward attributes ...

From forest edges and thickets on late spring mornings in the Northeast comes what sounds like an exhortation from across the pond: drink-your-tea! This is not a British parent’s plea, ...

One of the most popular birds at the Philadelphia Zoo has a new home. Flamingo Cove, an outdoor walkthrough aviary, is now ...