Birds are perhaps the most colorful group of animals, bringing a splash of color to the natural world around us every day.

A black-headed gull has a noisy, high-pitched call which includes a thin-sounding, drawn-out kaaww — and they also engage in ...

Black birders are taking flight in L.A. Here’s how to join them Bird-watchers search for wildlife at Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area in Los Angeles.

A black-capped chickadee at Gilsland Farm in Falmouth on Nov. 21. Legislation in 1927 and 1959 identifies Maine’s state bird as the chickadee, but there are two species of chickadee in the state ...

Simultaneously a black swan, a white swan, and a metaphor, this assumption-shattering “rare bird” captures the complex cultural history surrounding this species.