Have you ever wondered why chicken eggs can be different colors? While most eggs are white or brown, they also come in colors ...

Recently, a trail camera set up in a Malaysia reserve captured one of the rare, colorful creatures during surveys, according ...

The avian world is a treasure trove of fascinating and often bizarre mating rituals. Explore the different types of bird behaviors.

These colorful creatures are ready to return to Albuquerque. Hummingbirds of different sorts and sizes are making the trek to ...

Males of the pheasant species, native to southeast Asia, have dark bodies and brightly colored tail feathers, almost like their backs have been set on fire. Their beautiful plumage has put them at ...

A childhood run-in with a parrot or a pigeon swooping a bit too close can leave a lasting fear. For some, these encounters ...

Our guardian angels scatter feathers along our physical paths as a way of responding to the questions that deeply trouble us. According to the color of the feathers and the type of bird that they ...

The leucistic penguin, Pearl, is doing better but is "not out of the woods yet," per the Wildlife Welfare Organisation ...

Feathers may have been very colorful in some species. Fossils of Sinosauropteryx even had preserved pigment structures named melanosomes, which allowed scientists to figure out it had an orange ...

Piping plover chicks are ready to roam the beach just hours after hatching. Fortunately, their parents stay close to shelter ...

During the age of dinosaurs, early mammals probably lacked the stripes and spots of their modern relatives, having uniformly dark, drab coats.