Scientists discovered a hummingbird chick that twitches like a caterpillar. This behavior scares off predators.

Enjoy the urban presence of this speckled and uniquely-tinted woodpecker, whose secret to good hygiene is ant acid ...

One day as she hid in a bird blind, a male drew near, splendid in his orange-feather ascot and white-spotted black cloak. After browsing for food, he hopped onto a boulder and began calling ...

The MSU scientist published a book called “Bird Coloration” with fellow ornithologist Geoffrey Hill from Auburn University. Together they previously studied the phenomenon of yellow northern cardinals ...

Bright orange on underparts and rump. Very narrow black bib. Wings black with very extensive white wing patch on coverts; flight feathers also widely fringed white. Black tail with an orange base ...