Why are some songbirds so brightly colored? A new study finds that a hidden layer of black and white feathers help their colors pop. Have you ever looked at a bird and wondered, how can it be so red ...

Carotenoids are the underlying pigment for much of the enormous variety in color found across birds and form the basis for the colors red, yellow, and orange. In a study published in Current Biology, ...

EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Birds perform amazing feats. They fly, not just across the yard but across continents. They build nests, each so distinctive that construction and location identify the builder.

A rare yellow northern cardinal spotted in Alabama in 2018 became an internet sensation and opened millions of people’s eyes to a spectacular power of genetic mutation. Now, Geoffrey Hill, an ...

Some birds do not match the standard idea of what a bird should look like. Their colors, proportions, or features can feel ...

Gators are normally the animal of choice at the University of Florida. But this month, a yellow cardinal has soared to the top of the university's popularity list. The rare bird, a male Northern ...

"Our resident yellow-crown night-herons will also move inland to breed, into Houston itself and away from the beaches they spend much of their winter on," according to a joint emailed statement from ...

Normally, orange and blue are the colors best associated with the University of Florida. In recent weeks, however, yellow was all the rage. A rare yellow cardinal has been spotted in a wooded area at ...

While many of our region’s colorful birds fly south for the cold months, resident woodpeckers offer a reliable contrast to ...