What gives an Australian finch its brilliantly colored red, yellow or orange bill? A major new study has uncovered the ...

If you’ve ever seen an Australian finch, you know that it has a brightly colored red, orange, or yellow bill. But how and why do these birds develop one color over another? A new study has ...

Two teams of researchers have independently identified a gene-encoded enzyme that converts yellow pigments obtained from the diet into red pigments, which birds use to color their feathers, bills ...

Hill said that if the bird has any red feathers on its body at all, then it’s not a yellow cardinal, as the mutation makes those birds incapable of having feathers that color. “There’s no ...

The Birds of Australia Commemorative Collection is inspired by the historic illustrations from the father of Australian ornithology John Gould’s ground-breaking work The Birds of Australia.Each pure ...

Eucalypt tree species are preparing for a mass blossoming that may all but guarantee a critically-endangered bird species' ...

Officially established in 1997 by BirdLife Australia, this preserve contains just under 200 different bird species, with no shortage of reptiles, mammals, and insects to spot as well.

Australia’s red goshawk once ruled the skies. But now this almighty raptor, affectionately known as The Red, has become our nation’s rarest bird of prey.

Why Yellow Birds Mysteriously Turn Red. No one could figure out why a North American woodpecker's feathers were changing color—until now. By Carrie Arnold. October 21, 2016 ...

Life Australia’s rarest bird of prey is disappearing faster than we thought. Just 44 years ago, red goshawks were found along Australia’s eastern coastline.

Male regent honeyeaters in Capertee Valley in New South Wales, Australia. The black-and-yellow birds were once common across Australia, but there are now just a few hundred in the wild.