Among the birds of the world, it is usually the males who have the brightest feathers and the females who are the most drab, ...

Hunt said that, in 1979, while still in high school, he joined the Marine Corps on a delayed-entry program for recruits who ...

In Vermont, researchers have investigated the types of creepy, crawly bugs that their avian predators consume and may have ...

The new species, measuring just over half an inch long, was discovered on Equatorial Guinea’s Bioko Island, according to ...

My husband and I were both like, ‘Oh, my God, what is a roadrunner doing here?’” Young, a biologist and nature writer, says. ...

Yellow-rumped Warbler. Yes, it’s a migrant warbler, but Yellow-rumps are fairly common in winter in the southern United States and on both coasts—if you can recognize them, that is. A breeding-plumage ...

Typically, females appear less colorful than males; this adaptation helps protect females from predators. Such an adaptation ...

With its bright golden mantle and jet-black body, it would be hard to mistake the yellow-headed blackbird for any other ...

Missouri’s state symbols showcase the items, plants, animals and places that form the unique culture the Show-Me State is ...