Birds-of-paradise have some of the most famous mating displays in the world, but there's more to their colorful rhythmic gymnastics than initially meets the human eye. For the first time, scientists ...

Parrots may fluff their head and facial feathers and blush to visually communicate their emotions, potentially adding to our understanding of the complex emotional lives of these highly social and ...

But shorebirds and many other birds that suffer the risk of predation have their eyes set on the sides of the head. It is really hard to sneak up on a bird with laterally displaced eyes.

Standing up to ten feet tall, the prehistoric birds used their ax-like heads to chop their way to the top of the food chain, study says. Standing up to ten feet tall, ...

All birds molt. Some species shed their feathers and re-grow news ones once a year--like cardinals, chickadees, titmice, doves, and robins. Some, on the other hand, molt at least part of their ...

Parrots, pigeons, and other birds with eyes on the sides of their heads have a much bigger field of vision, of about 300 degrees. Amazingly, this means that they can see in front and a long way to ...

Birds, like chickens and pigeons, bob their heads so the world won't be a blur when they walk. Skip to main content. ... plenty of other birds jerk their heads as they walk, notably chickens.

However, their heads are relatively small, and they do have a few behaviors that, from a distance, may look like they are burying their heads. Related: 12 of the biggest birds on Earth. Unlike ...

Do birds have crowns—they do in the mind’s eye of artist Barbara Martin in an exhibit on view through May 23 at The Wembley Club. She portrays some of her scratchboard portraits of birds and ...