In a significant step towards preserving Mizoram’s cultural heritage, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), under the ...

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

Birds-of-paradise have captivated the planet with their elaborate plumage and idiosyncratic mating dances. Some species ...

Dr. Rohwer is the curator of birds and mammals at the Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates. Most birds go to great lengths to hide their nests. So when I find one, invariably so carefully ...

But in nature, some changes happen in ways that are deeper and more subtle. Most birds keep the same feathers all year, but a few species actually change their feather colours with the seasons.

Like the bird in the video, cormorants will often toss their head and neck around, using gravity and the fish’s own downward momentum to help swallow it.

The Brief: The "Spherical White-throated Sparrow" won Wisconsin Fat Bird Week with 72% of the votes. The event, held from May 2-9, was a bracket-style tournament similar to March Madness.

Some of their larks have elongated crown feathers but the ones with the most conspicuous crests, like Crested Lark and Thekla Lark, are hardly backyard birds for anyone.

A bird landed on the head of Fox News reporter Peter Doocy while he was reporting live from outside the White House on Friday. Doocy was standing on the White House lawn speaking with his ...

As flycatchers, phoebe birds are great for controlling pesky bugs in your yard. You can attract them with nesting shelves, water features, and native plants.

Birds-of-paradise can emit green, yellow and pale blue light from their bodies. It’s believed this ability – known as biofluorescence – helps the birds to stand out or hide in their tropical forest ...

For the first time, birds-of-paradise have been found to glow – some even inside their mouths.