With its fiery colours and trilling call that echoes through the bush, the crested barbet is a bold little bird that looks ...

In Albert Camus’ novel, The Plague, set in the French Algerian town of Oran, rats one day begin showing up dead on residents’ ...

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

The sea birds will be released when their flight feathers grow and they can feed themselves — in about three months, care ...

Did you know there is a wonderful place dedicated to all things hummingbirds called the Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History? It is a wonderful nature preserve in South Carolina that's not ...

Meet the kakapo—a chunky, moss-green parrot that looks like it waddled out of a fantasy novel and forgot how to fly. This New ...

Waterbirds have seen a resurgence thanks to Gould Island's private nature, but efforts to open the island to recreation has ...

Inspired by naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace’s visit nearly two centuries ago, an isolated Indigenous community in Brazil ...

Explore the fascinating world of dinosaur feathers and their evolution through groundbreaking research on chicken embryos.

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 ...

Understanding these genetic interactions is crucial for unraveling how morphological novelties like proto-feathers emerged ...