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

A rare species prized by birders in Southern Arizona has been unceremoniously stripped of its elegance, and at least one local expert isn’t happy about the change. A leading panel of taxonomists ...

The tropical bird is generally found in South America and southern Florida, and noted for its bright colors and long toes ...

Some birds are hard to find due to migration patterns, climate preferences, or breeding schedules, but you could spot a rare ...

Officers found neglected birds and animals including four budgerigars, four rosellas, one galah, four conures and 13 sugar ...

SALINEÑO, Texas (Border Report) — Bob Bowman sometimes sees hundreds of birds every day as a caretaker of the Salineño Wildlife Preserve, which is located just feet from the Mexican border in deep ...

A vagrant Blackpoll Warbler is seen on Southeast Farallon Island in California. On a 2009 hike in the Huachuca Mountains of southeastern Arizona, a group of birders heard an otherworldly ethereal bird ...

On a 2009 hike in the Huachuca Mountains of southeastern Arizona, a group of birders heard an otherworldly ethereal bird song floating, flute-like, through the canyon. The hikers identified the singer ...

When a bird rarely seen on this continent showed up in Riverhead last month, the reaction was, as might be expected, a little cuckoo. Native to Eurasia, the bird is anything but common here: It ...

ALL RIGHT, CALLING ALL BIRD ENTHUSIASTS. AND BY THE WAY, I FOUND OUT THERE ARE A LOT OF THEM HERE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, SO I THINK THEY’LL FIND THIS INTERESTING. A RARE BIRD WAS SEEN TODAY IN SOUTH ...

The first person to contract H5N5 avian influenza, a rare strain of the disease known as bird flu, died in Washington state Friday. The state’s Department of Health said in a release the resident of ...

A Washington state resident believed to be the first person to be infected with a rare strain of bird flu has died, state health officials announced. The person — an older adult with underlying health ...