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

Because their feet are not adapted to process prey items, shrikes carry large items to thorny vegetation and/or barbed wire ...

The researchers came across this discovery through the use of picocam, a 3D-modeling technology that Mansfield developed, ...

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

If a female house mouse mates with multiple male house mice, her litter could have multiple fathers. Polyandry, as this mating practice is called, is common for various species. Yet scientists are ...

This contrived addition to a sub-genre popularised by H is for Hawk and Raising Hare falls to earth with a thud ...

One hundred years after Libby's first participation in Audubon's Christmas Bird Count the 2025 count became notable for more ...

These mysterious birds live in shortgrass prairies and have a two-nest rule. The female splits her clutch between two nests, ...

The American dipper is a songbird that prefers water to the skies! Learn what the bird looks like and where you're likely to ...

When you think of birds, you might imagine wings flapping silently against a blue sky. The kākāpō, however, lacks these ...

The UK's largest finch, which was once thought to be locally extinct in the county, has been spotted in South Herefordshire.