Researchers recently discovered that dozens of species in the flamboyant family are biofluorescent, emitting a gleaming light ...

Do common grackles deserve their bad reputation? Learn why they're cooler than you think — and why scientists are watching population numbers.

North Carolina’s most common hummingbird — the Ruby-throated hummingbird — is slated to make an appearance in a few weeks, ...

We've made a list of some of the most common ... bird feeders, picking up dropped seeds! A large black and white bird. If you look closely you will see blues and purples when its feathers catch ...

Did all dinosaurs inherit feathers from a common ancestor ... could have evolved in the interim. "To identify a true feather from a living bird, we'd look to see what it's made out of, and ...

A survey of museum specimens reveals that more than a dozen species of the birds sport biofluorescence in feathers, skin or even inside their throats.

Researchers examined dozens of bird species in museum collections looking for differences in the feathers and bodies between birds that can fly and birds that can't. They found that when birds evolve ...