Less than two hours after sunrise, with the shadows still blue and slanting hard in a dense growth of balsam firs and spruces ...

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Birds are some of the most colorful animals on Earth, with a palette of rainbow tones to feast your eyes on. Here are our picks for some of our most flamboyant feathered friends.

FORT HUACHUCA — Whenever Wezil Walraven wants to answer a bird's song, he reaches for his iPod. Fine feathers, foul weather Skip to main content Skip to main content ...

The complex plumage colouration of birds is mainly produced by melanins, which create a range of black, grey, brown, and orange colours, scientists say. Researchers at University of Chicago ...

Participants are able to get very close to the perched birds: examining in detail their feet, beaks, feathers, and watchful eyes. Some will even allow themselves to be touched.

Red-winged blackbirds vexed me when I first started birding. Not the males. They’re easy. They have that sleek all-black ...

Possessing bird feathers could get a person cooped up in prison. ... a violator of the MTBA may be subject to penalties of a fine of up to $15,000, imprisonment for up to six months, or both.

Damaged or broken flight feathers can be a death sentence for birds such as raptors and owls. Fortunately, Melanie Barsony is skilled in a rare and difficult technique needed to fix them.

Participants are able to get very close to the perched birds: examining in detail their feet, beaks, feathers, and watchful eyes. Some will even allow themselves to be touched.