Dinosaur feathers found trapped in Burmese amber have shed new light on the evolution of flight feathers, an essential step ...

We had no idea brains and feathers go hand in hand until now. A few birds out there that can recognize faces, plan ahead, ...

Today is World Parrot Day and Born Free is joining the celebrations with some grey-t news! Dr Andrea Donaldson, from our ...

The machine learning model determined that the dominant color for this bird is dark gray, which means this ... and the physical structure of the feather – sometimes a combination of both.

A study that Alta Environmental Center helped with revealed information on the migration behaviors of the elusive black ...

Puzzlingly, many birds add human-made material to their nests with no obvious function – now there is evidence that these ...

Several bird species have evolved remarkable camouflage techniques to evade predators and ambush prey. The common potoo resembles a broken branch, while the tawny frogmouth mimics tree bark.

A short woman with gray hair the shade of Meryl Streep’s ... “As a kid, I loved to watch vultures soaring around,” says Dove. “I was in tune with birds.” The lab matches feathers recovered from ...

Scans of the most well-preserved fossil of a prehistoric flying reptile with intact feathers have revealed how the first birds managed to fly while their non-bird dinosaur cousins could not.

Scientists were finally given access to a remarkable Archaeopteryx fossil that’s allowed them to better understand exactly ...