Owen Deutsch’s and Michael Parr’s book “Birds of the Tropical Andes” is set to be released on July 8. This 264-page hardbound ...

What is a cool bird? Cool types of birds can be beautiful birds, uncommon birds, or even the weirdest birds. Of course, what ...

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

An anhinga, a tropical bird rarely seen in Colorado, is taking a vacation at a private Boulder County pond to the delight of Denver-area birdwatchers.

Unlike birds whose plumage is mostly blue, the green coloring of a green bird‘s feathers is the result of pigment, not a trick of the light. These birds’ emerald green, lime green, chartreuse, or ...

A tropical bird was spotted this week south of Victoria, thousands of kilometres from its typical range between northern Mexico and Peru. The juvenile “magnificent frigatebird” was ...

Jacques Sirois, chair of the Friends of the Victoria Harbour Migratory Bird Sanctuary, said it appears to be the first confirmed sighting of the “magnificent frigatebird” in the capital region.

The water is collected by “rocking.” The bird shifts its body side to side and repeatedly shakes the belly feathers in the water; fill-up can take as long as fifteen minutes. Thanks to coiled hairlike ...

Himalayan long–tailed Myotis bats were caught in net traps in “a variety of forested habitats at elevations between” 4,900 to 7,500 feet and “appears (to be) uncommon,” the study said.

Analysis of feathers trapped in amber sheds new light on evolutionary path that led to early birds’ ability to fly.

Two brazen bird bandits are on the run after snatching four top-notch fighting cocks from a local breeder, leaving the owner fuming that they didn’t even spare him a single feather.. The pair of ...