A pigment that makes feathers and hair orange helps prevent cellular damage by removing excess cysteine from cells.

The nest parasites get a bad rap for making other birds raise their young, but study by study, Mark Hauber and his “Cowbird ...

The nest parasites get a bad rap for making other birds raise their young, but study by study, Mark Hauber and his “Cowbird ...

Evolutionarily speaking, the ultimate goal of a lifeform is to reproduce and stave off extinction. Many plants and animals ...

Mandarin ducks are painted in a rainbow of colors. Their coloration looks like something out of a Disney fairytale, yet they ...

A reader recently asked, “Why are there fewer birds in my yard than there were a few years ago?” There are many reason why there are fewer birds which needs a column all its own. The key is ...

The great tit is the picture-perfect garden bird. However, behind its "cute" reputation hides a dark reality: these birds eat ...

The English rose who starred in the 1980s Aussie miniseries The Thorn Birds is defiant about the trolls who turned out in ...

After 20 years of fossicking for crystals in outback Australia, a prospector has made the discovery of a lifetime. Hundreds ...

From bold foxes to gregarious birds, animals’ personalities are increasingly being seen as crucial to conservation efforts.

Your perception of pigeons is wrong, these Australians say. Their lives revolve around them — but their worlds couldn't be ...

"We are preparing for what might be the biggest breeding season since the program began 30 years ago," one conservationist ...