Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A black-backed dwarf kingfisher sitting on a branch. Nature produces some truly extravagant costumes, and birds have evolved more ...

Colorful birds thrive in cities, according to new research. Avian species that do well in urban areas have feathers of a more vibrant color and are less brown, say scientists. They explained that the ...

Yale ornithologist Richard Prum has spent years studying the molecules and nanostructures that give many bird species their rich colorful plumage, but nothing prepared him for what he found in ...

Bee-eater birds are stunningly colorful, but their diet of bees and other insects puts them at odds with humans.

“I feel there is no way to avoid thinking of color when you think of hummingbirds”, said Gabriela Venable, who is the lead author of the newly published study of hummingbird color (ref). “We give them ...

(BPT) - Sparrows to doves, mockingbirds to magpies, every bird that visits your backyard this season will bring its unique brand of delight. Yet when a particularly colorful species shows up, you ...

Birds see a more colorful world than we do, especially when it comes to their eggs, a new study suggests. Unlike humans, birds can see ultraviolet (UV) light, and they have four rather than three ...