Goshawk: 'Rare' bird of prey spotted in County Durham, as the Wildlife Trust talks about its resurgence in the UK.

A tiny, insect-eating bird that breeds in Alberta is delaying its annual migration south, a change likely triggered by ...

Jase Wiarda occasionally calls a company with a pressure washer to give his rubber duck a bath. “It’s a weird phone call to ...

His mate – olive yellow with grey wings and tail feathers – sat on the forest floor below him. I stared at them both for a long time before my dad gently nudged me along the path.

Perhaps the most impressive community architects in the bird world, Sociable Weavers (Philetairus socius) construct massive compound nests that can house up to 100 breeding pairs. Native to the arid ...

Birds-of-paradise are known for their colorful feathers, but now new research shows that many of them are even more dazzling due to biofluorescence.

This striking plume of yellow is the fluorescing tail feathers of a male emperor bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea guilielmi). Birds-of-paradise are known for their bright colours and courtship displays.

I happen to enjoy the flicker’s piercing, single-note flick-flick-flick call and striking colors: yellow tail feathers and red slash on the back of the head.

Rounded heads, long tails, and white tail feathers that flash silver as they weave between trees are common to their kind, as is their trilling song. But their plumage appears brown in the west, gray ...

Birds are feathered beauties, with some having tail feathers that make them look stunningly beautiful. Species such as the Long-tailed Widowbirds and the Greater Racket-Tailed Drongo have ...

4. Nicobar Pigeon Found in the Nicobar Islands, this bird boasts vibrant feathers with shimmering hues of green and blue that make it one of the most visually stunning pigeons in the world. Its ...