These bright red birds are back and ready to haunt the forests of Alabama for the summer. Summer tanagers will hang around to ...

The Center for Biological Diversity has called on U.S. Fish and Wildlife to protect the Bendire's thrasher amid report on ...

This is the time of year when the song of the Red-winged Blackbird is heard nearly everywhere that has some standing water ...

From a species that was nearly hunted to extinction to a breed that declined due to habitat loss, here are five rare birds ...

“We do not seem to know the exact genetic mutation that causes yellow-pigmented Northern Cardinals, but whatever the mutation is affects the bird’s ability to produce red carotenoid pigments ...

BATH TOWNSHIP, MI – A yellow northern cardinal is a rare thing and Michigan’s got one. Michiganders Arlene and John McDaniel have been backyard birders for nearly four decades and just before ...

He waited for five hours before the yellow bird appeared and described the moment ... Males are a striking red with black wings and tails, while the females are olive-yellow.

Nearly all birds with bright red, orange, and yellow feathers or bills use a group of pigments called carotenoids to produce their colours. However, these animals can’t make carotenoids directly.