Whether they’re opening for takeoff, spreading wide for a lazy soar or flapping to brake for landing, bird wings make flying ...

Birds are fascinating creatures in different shapes, sizes, and colours. Some of these feathered beauties boast striking tails, making them a delight for birdwatchers. These African species have ...

Tropical birds are famous for ... The resplendent quetzal has bright green feathers and a scarlet chest. It’s known for its unusually long tail feathers, which are in various dark green shades.

This striking plume of yellow is the fluorescing tail feathers of a male emperor bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea guilielmi). Birds-of-paradise are known for their bright colours and courtship displays.

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 ... have long been puzzled about ...

Take, for example, the Resplendent Quetzal, a small, colorful bird native to the cloud forests of Mexico and Central America with tail feathers that can grow up to three feet long on males during ...

07 February 2011 Long tailed-tits are some of the best nest builders in Wales with some nests containing up to 2,000 feather inside. In this clip from Iolo's Secret Life of Birds(December 2010 on ...

This is a type of bird that lives in the neotropics of what is now Guatemala. Adult males grow two or three long, upper-tail, covert feathers that are this emerald green that also shades into gold or ...