Black and white coloration is visually striking. A deep contrast in colors can draw the eye and make birds and other animals stand out. But sometimes, it helps them blend in. Birds can be black ...

Hard-shelled bird eggs contain albumen, or “egg white,” and a yolk. The fertilized egg cell, or embryo, develops within the yolk and feeds off it, as well as the albumen. The baby bird has ...

Surprisingly international avian experts have shown this to be true, literally, after finding fluctuations in bird species' heartbeat responses to their parents' calls -- from inside the egg.

As adults, American coots have a drab color scheme, with black bodies and white bills ... So why on Earth would a baby bird be so fancy? It clearly has nothing to do with sex.

Baby birds that have not yet hatched from their shells can communicate and warn each other in the presence of danger. A new study revealed that developing baby yellow-legged gulls vibrate their ...

Here are 20 more fun facts about these adorable tuxedoed birds ... from above, its black back blends into the murky depths of the ocean. From below, its white belly is hidden against the ...

Other times, after an egg hatches, a baby bird might immediately get killed ... and he'd often pass by nests on the ground made by large white and black seabirds called Nazca boobies.

It makes sense that baby birds can hear and respond to danger while still developing in the egg, just like human babies can sense and react to sounds while in utero. But the way it affects their ...

Along with the bumper crop of baby birds is a bumpercrop of new information for scientists working to preserve the species,thanks to an electronic egg that transmits real-time incubation datafrom ...