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 male blue jay on the left, a female green jay on the right and a hybrid offspring of the two species in the center. Travis Maher / Cornell Lab of Ornithology / Macaulay Library (left); Brian Stokes ...

Blue jays (Cyanocitta cristata) and green jays (Cyanocorax yncas) are both types of corvids, a family of birds that also includes crows and ravens. Despite their similar names, blue jays and green ...

Ornithologists and hobby birders alike were thrilled over the hybridization. Scientists are continuing to find ways in which climate change is impacting animal species and ecosystems. Warming ...

A new bird has been discovered in the San Antonio area, a hybrid between two species whose ranges are starting to overlap, in part likely due to climate change, researchers say. Researchers at the ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A new bird, discovered just outside of San Antonio, is taking the birding world by storm. Part Blue Jay, part Green Jay: the “Grue Jay”. The “Grue Jay” is slightly paler than its dad ...

What do you get when you cross a blue jay with a green jay? That’s not the start of a joke, but the subject of a new study that aims to describe a hybrid bird never encountered before in the wild. The ...

A new blue-and-green jay hybrid was discovered in San Antonio, Texas. Changing weather caused the habitats of blue jays and green jays to overlap, leading to the hybrid. This is the first observed ...

Birds of a feather flock together, the adage goes. But a rare bird spotted in Texas suggests there's more ornithological intermingling than previously thought. When researchers at the University of ...

Birds have always stolen the show with their vibrant shades of feathers, turning ordinary skies into living canvases of ...