After the death of his owner, Anton, Conor withered and appeared to lose the will to live. Tatiana, the widow, could no ...

Have you ever heard of the smelly bird that has claws on its wings? Yes, such an animal does exist—and it’s called the ...

Birds are perhaps the most colorful group of animals, bringing a splash of color to the natural world around us every day.

A tiny, overlooked wrist bone called the pisiform may have played a pivotal role in bird flight and it turns out it evolved ...

Typically, male birds have more vivid colours than females. As Charles Darwin first explained, the most colourful males are ...

Mirasaura grauvogeli had a featherlike crest and a tail like a monkey. “It's been a long time since I've been so blown away ...

Deep within South America's cloud forests lives the club-winged manakin, a bird unlike any other. Instead of singing, the ...

Many species of songbirds have evolved to have strikingly colorful plumage, aiding them in catching the eye of mates, ...