Birds have all kinds of fancy decorations for attracting mates—male peacocks have a fan of feathers accented with shimmering ...

By Will Dunham May 27 (Reuters) - New Guinea's tropical rainforests are home to one of the animal kingdom's most spectacular courtship rituals, with male birds of paradise prancing about and showing ...

For most birds, looking good for spring means undergoing a partial molt. Because feathers are pure protein, shedding and ...

Dubbed the “Banko’s feather dragon,” the extinct bird’s tail feathers were twice the length of its entire body.

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

Surveys of several sites, including Nepal’s Chitwan National Park, show that the lesser necklaced laughingthrush may be physically mimicking a larger species, the greater necklaced laughingthrush, for ...

The color palette of the birds you see out your window depend on where you live. If you’re far from the Equator, most birds tend to have drab colors, but the closer you are to the tropics, you’ll ...

If you spot a cool feather on the ground in Kansas, you may want to consider leaving it where it lies or else run the risk of ...