The animal kingdom gives us rainbows of color with butterflies and chameleons, and clownfish, but birds give us just as much of a show. Among the peacock, the toucan, and the macaw, there’s a ...

Despite their colorful appearance, blue jays are actually in the family Corvidae, the same as crows and ravens. These birds are typically 9 to 12 inches long from beak to tail and weigh under 3.5 ...

There are roughly 11,000 bird species around the world and some 2,000 of them can be found in Colombia, a country with diverse geography.

A new bird has been discovered in the San Antonio area, a hybrid between two species whose ranges are starting to overlap, in part likely due to climate change, researchers say. Researchers at the ...

They’re blue, round, and small. And birdwatchers throughout Alabama are hoping to catch sight of one before they head north for the summer. The cerulean warbler is one of many bird species that ...

What makes a blue jay blue or a cardinal red? Color, a crucial element in nature, is most evident in the amazing hue and pattern variations in more than 10,000 bird species around the world. How birds ...

New to birding? Start with the basics. Learn to recognize 15 common backyard birds, and discover ways to attract them to your ...

The University of Texas at Austin announced the discovery of a hybrid bird species UT biologists are linking in part to climate change. Discovered in a San Antonio back yard, the distinctive, ...

In 2006, the American Ornithologists’ Union (AOU) took a closer look at the western bird known as the “blue grouse”and reclassified it into two separate species: the sooty grouse and the dusky grouse.