In her watercolor triptych, Rosalie Haizlett celebrates the vibrant colors and details found in the feathers of common—and ...

Feathers may have started as simple filaments in ancient dinosaurs, but a team of Swiss researchers is digging deep into the ...

Feathers are among the most complex cutaneous appendages in the animal kingdom. While their evolutionary origin has been ...

Birders in Michigan are scratching their heads over unusual photos of a snowy owl. The animal is perfectly perched on a ...

Biofluorescence is widespread in birds-of-paradise, a group of tropical birds famous for their spectacular courtship dances.

Feathers, among the most intricate appendages in the animal kingdom, have long fascinated scientists regarding their ...

But they disagree about what's behind the orange feathers ... biologist with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, which is tracking the bird. "Deliberate staining is generally either ...

Feathers, essential for thermoregulation, flight, and communication in birds, originate from simple ... before being progressively modified under natural selection to give rise to the more complex ...