When a bird isn’t flying, it folds its wings neatly and tucks them against its body, out of the way. What’s more, when the wings are closed, the feathers that are most important for flight are ...

For some people, pets birds aren't just beautiful companions but also status symbols. While Indian ringneck parrots or ...

They found that iridescent, colorful feathers originated 415 times across the bird tree of life, and in most cases, arose outside of the tropics– and that the ancestor of all modern birds likely ...

When animals develop, it takes a lot more energy to grow bones than it does to grow feathers—so evolution "prioritizes" changing the skeleton before the majority of the feathers. "Let's say a ...

Many Native Americans are marking ceremonies like graduations with bald eagle feathers, a form of reverence for the bird they ...

Long-time residents say at least a dozen bright-blue Indian peacocks have wandered Errol Heights in Southeast Portland since ...

The zoo in William Land Park is home to 48 adult Caribbean flamingos, also known as American flamingos, in addition to the four chicks, according to lead bird keeper Kristene Hirsch. The chicks are ...

A shelter guest holds sunflower seeds to feed the birds on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024 at Fins and Feathers Sanctuary in Colorado Springs, Colo. Founded in 2014, the non-profit shelter make it their ...

By Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — When a fossil preserves an animal’s complete body in a death pose, seeing it is observing a snapshot in time.