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 ...

Yale ornithologist Richard Prum has spent years studying the molecules and nanostructures that give many bird species their rich colorful plumage, but nothing prepared him for what he found in ...

They’re back, but migrating hooded orioles hardly got the welcome mat this week as they arrived amid cold temperatures, rain and generally miserable weather. These beautiful songbirds may be wondering ...

Reason behind the colour of birds Bird colours come from pigments and physical feather structures that reflect light.

While hiking in the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument in Siskiyou County near California’s northern border, I came across several colorful birds that were zipping around at high speed to gobble up ...

Have you recently developed an interest in birdwatching? Or maybe you just like having many kinds of beautiful birds visit your back yard? South Carolina is home to a wealth of interesting wildlife, ...

The rainbow of hues seen in modern bird eggs probably evolved in birds' dinosaur ancestors, which had eggs with colorful and speckled shells. That's according to a new study of fossil eggs in the ...

Dinosaurs laid colorful eggs. Birds lay colorful eggs. You do the math. But really though: A study from last year found that oviraptors, a dinosaur of the late Cretaceous period, laid blue-green eggs, ...

Out in the Pacific Ocean, 620 miles off the coast of Ecuador, lies a chain of volcanic islands that harbor some of the most diverse and unique animal species on the entire planet. The Galapagos ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. If you come across a bird nest there’s usually a pretty good way of telling what kind of ...

There are numerous birds that are with us only for the spring and summer months, including the swallows and several warblers that I’ve recently discussed. Today, I’d like to talk about three more ...

Learning Colors Through a Drawing of Colorful Birds!! Gene Simmons tells Americans to 'shut up and stop worrying' about ...