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

Papua New Guinea, the Blyth's Hornbill – Rhyticeros plicatus – lives out a tale of deep trust and complex family bonds. It's ...

From 9-foot tall ostriches to albatrosses with gargantuan wingspans, here are some of the biggest birds in the world.

July is a great month for birds, and the weather is generally nice too – so it’s a perfect time to see the nature in your ...

To know what a tropical bird is, you first have to know where the tropics are. The tropics form a band around the equator ...

In this Bird of the Week segment, Stacia Brezinski with the Maine Audubon tells us all about the herring gull.

Its bright red, yellow, and blue feathers make it stand out and earn it a prominent place in many movies throughout pop culture. Furthermore, these birds are not only beautiful but also highly ...

Its head is topped with a crown of tight and bouncy curls that stand out in the bird world. These glossy black feathers curl forward like a carefully styled perm giving it a bold and elegant look.

With its bright golden mantle and jet-black body, it would be hard to mistake the yellow-headed blackbird for any other species.

Each of the seven crow species that occur in Ireland have a lot of very similar traits, including an impressive ability to reason and to learn ...

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.