Birds boast some of the most vibrant colors among terrestrial animals. The tropics are often renowned for the brightest birds, but U.S. birds also display a wide array of striking hues. But just how ...

Nature produces some truly extravagant costumes, and birds have evolved more than their fair share of dazzling outfits. Often, it's the male birds that steal the show with bold colors and unfurling ...

The color palette of the birds you see out your window depends on where you live. If you're far from the Equator, most birds tend to have drab colors, but the closer you are to the tropics, you'll ...

Whether I’m writing in my columns or in my different journals, I often refer to a particular group of birds as “the regulars.” These are the species that are dependable visitors to my feeders on ...

Birds tend to be more colorful in the tropics, and scientists wanted to find out how they got there: if colorful feathers evolved in the tropics, or if tropical birds have brightly-colored ancestors ...

The Resplendent Quetzal dazzles with emerald-green feathers and a crimson belly, hiding in misty cloud forests. Its elusive ...

In preparation for a presentation on the birds we saw while in Ecuador recently, I was struck by how many of the birds were extravagantly colored, many eye-poppingly so. Thumbing through my field ...

People typically think about evolution as a linear process where, within a species, the classic adage of “survival of the fittest” is constantly at play. New DNA mutations arise and get passed from ...

Birds are some of the most colorful animals on Earth, with a palette of rainbow tones to feast your eyes on. Here are our picks for some of our most flamboyant feathered friends. When you purchase ...