"This bird is rated R, parental advisory required, a real sour patch kid if one side was sugar and the other side was arsenic ...

A New York bird who went viral for his R-rated language now has a new home alongside another bird with a colorful vocabulary. Pepper, a white-fronted amazon, now lives in Olean, New York, about 74 ...

A Brandt's cormorant is displayed as part of the Birds in a Changing Climate exhibit created by National Park Service staff at Alcatraz Island in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, March 7, 2025.

The birds, known for their showy displays, look even more colorful than we thought. ... Even the skin on their feet and the insides of their mouths would fluoresce in blue and UV light.

THE habit shown by many helpless nestlings, of gaping widely when the nest is approached, is usually explained by supposing that the birds are appealing for food. This explanation has always ...