A merlin is an agile flier when hunting and their pointed wings are visible. They look smaller and darker than a kestrel ...

When is a blue bird not blue? The answer to this question is always. There actually is no such thing as a blue bird. To find out why, Smithsonian asked Scott Sillett, a wildlife biologist at the ...

Hurricane Lee brought warblers and other colorful species rarely seen in Britain and Ireland for what will most likely be a temporary visit. By Derrick Bryson Taylor More than a dozen species of North ...

The animal kingdom gives us rainbows of color with butterflies and chameleons, and clownfish, but birds give us just as much of a show. Among the peacock, the toucan, and the macaw, there’s a ...

The latest State of the World’s Birds report, published this week, paints the most concerning picture yet of the future of avian species and, by extension, all life on Earth. Nearly half of all bird ...