Typically, male birds have more vivid colours than females. As Charles Darwin first explained, the most colourful males are ...

Hidden layers of colour in the plumage of tanagers and some other songbirds explain what makes them so eye-catching ...

There are more than 1,200 members in the Santa Clara Valley Bird Alliance, where birders are turning a hobby into a lifestyle ...

Sometimes dubbed the Brazilian Serengeti, the Brazilian Pantanal contains the highest concentration of wildlife in South ...

Prepare to get schooled If you have kids in school, or even if you don’t, you’ve probably realized that there’s a lot about the day-to-day of school that’s changed in recent years. Everything from the ...

The discovery, in a bizarre animal not closely related to birds, could change how scientists think about the origin of ...

Mirasaura grauvogeli had a featherlike crest and a tail like a monkey. “It's been a long time since I've been so blown away by a new fossil discovery.” ...

Why are some songbirds so brightly colored? A new study finds that a hidden layer of black and white feathers help their colors pop.

These lovely short poems for kids will get the little ones excited to read stanza after stanza Short poems for kids that delight and enrich While poetry might seem like the realm of intellectuals, ...