A few years ago, advances in analytical approaches to studying fossils prompted researchers to become more interested in the ...

Purple martins are returning from South America. The first "scouts" have been spotted in Michigan. What to know.

IT is very gratifying to find how earnestly the best papers are now taking up the cause of the various beautiful birds hitherto so cruelly and callously, slaughtered for the sake of their plumage.

IT is often considered that the white plumage of gulls, terns, gannets, etc., in temperate climates is in contradiction to the principle of protective and adaptive coloration, and survives only ...

In the United States, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage reached the number one spot at the box office in its twelfth week of release, grossing $727,200 that week. This international success not ...

While we are waiting (?patiently?) for spring to really get rolling, here are a few things to think about.

Natural History's collection showing its plumage There are 45 species in 17 genera in the family Paradsaeidae - also known as birds-of-paradise. These birds live across eastern Australia ...

On freshly molted birds, black plumage has white spots all over; by winter, spots start to disappear; and by spring, the birds are glossy black all over, with strong suffusions of iridescent pinks ...

These charismatic birds are native to New Guinea and nearby regions and are known for their vibrant plumage and elaborate courtship displays. The rare hybrid King of Holland's bird-of-paradise was ...