Birds-of-paradise have long fascinated scientists with their dazzling courtship displays, but new research reveals they have ...

Photographer Rena Effendi learned that a little-known species was named after her late father, a renowned butterfly expert.

A survey of museum specimens reveals that more than a dozen species of the birds sport biofluorescence in feathers, skin or even inside their throats.

These stocky garden visitors are often the first green birds people notice at their feeders. They've got powerful beaks that ...

Pokemon come in all shapes and sizes, from gigantic to itsy-bitsy. We take a look at the latter by examining the smallest Pokemon out there.

Now a New Jersey resident and Philadelphia Eagles fan, he regularly goes out in his green “Birds” cap and binoculars. “Just the mere thrill of seeing one — a lot of people just have never, ever looked ...

A near complete skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird — a mallard duck-size creature related to the waterfowl that live by lakes and oceans today ...

The fossil is described in a study published February 5 in the journal Nature and shows that the continent was a key location in bird evolution. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every ...

Contrary to popular belief, dinosaurs never went extinct. They’re still alive among us – in the form of birds! Birds are the only dinosaurs that survived the cataclysmic mass extinction caused ...

Scientists in Antarctica have discovered what may be the oldest modern bird ever found. The 69 million-year-old fossil could finally put a longstanding debate about the origin of modern birds to rest.

There are about 40 million migratory aquatic waterfowl in North America, Osterholm says—which means there are plenty of potential bird-flu hosts, whose poop spreads disease. Read More ...