The difference between the sexes, males have a lot more black streaking, especially on their underparts and cheek. Females and juveniles are similar to one another but with paler plumage and less ...

Silkie chickens are a prized breed of chicken with a beautiful and fluffy (yet misleading) set of white feathers and black skin. The chicken flesh itself is a dark bluish-gray or even black, and the ...

Black swifts can fly with a speed up to 111.5 km/h, without landing for eight months a year, and nest exclusively around waterfalls ...

And birdwatchers throughout Alabama are hoping to catch sight of one before they head north for the summer. The cerulean ...

As the world watches the conclave, underway inside the Sistine Chapel, seagulls perched atop the roof, giving them a bird’s-eye view of the chimney where a plume of white or black smoke will ...

The baby is a continuing legacy of the Zoo’s original penguins. Kim Miller takes care of the black and white birds. “From the way they walk to the way they talk everything is just unique ...

I’m thinking that most people have probably heard of a “gaggle” of geese or a “murder” of crows as a way to describe a flock of these particular birds. Warblers also have their ...

I had a reader send me a picture of a snake that he found in his driveway. After the initial shock, he correctly identified ...

Big on history, architecture and – latterly – fine food, this often overlooked city is ideal for a budget weekend away ...

The Little Red Deer River was burbling along, the water a bright amber where sunlight coming between the shoreline trees hit ...