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

North America is home to 17 species of finches. Two of them live year-round in the Times News region: the American goldfinch ...

A pair of scientific papers has identified the same single gene as the source of red colouring in birds. The gene makes an enzyme that lets the birds convert yellow pigments, which they eat, into red ...

Sometimes I catch myself classifying birds into two categories: fancy and regular. Shame on me. This is a bad attitude, because all birds are gorgeous little creatures. But I fear, after all these ...

Driven south due to a poor conifer crop up north, evening grosbeaks, redpolls and bohemian waxwings will be looking for food ...

On a windy spring day in Iowa, the American goldfinch frequently darts through the gray sky with a quick burst of yellow and ...

Primarily used to procure and eat food, bills are also used to probe mud, peck wood, tear flesh, sift water, pry seeds, build ...

To attract a variety of birds to your yard, you'll want to offer seed recipes that appeal to a range of species. Here are ...

Birds are some of nature’s most beautiful creatures — but a few of our feathered friends are truly bizarre — like these 25 ...

The recent halting of the Forest Service’s massive deforestation and road-building project bordering Yellowstone National Park benefitted far more than ...

A textile sculptor has knitted more than 100 Australian birds to scale in a project that weaves together nature, conservation ...

Choose plants by themes — perennials, xeriscape, pollinator-friendly, reseeding, wildlife cover, natives, fragrant varieties, ...