Birds have long been nature’s masters of flight. Their ability to glide, dive, and twist through the air with ease has ...

Bird hatchery clash: feathers hit the fan as tensions reach a boiling point—watch this farm drama unfold.

The possession of feathers and other parts of native North American birds without a permit is banned by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, officials say.

Long-eared Owls have fluorescent feathers that glow under UV light. These hidden pigments vary by age, sex, and size.

Griffith and her colleagues' interest in the study stemmed from the fact that many owl researchers use these fluorescent ...

These birds have evolved to withstand the equatorial sun and shelter in volcanic rocks along a subtropical coastline. After ...

The Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 prohibits possessing native North American bird feathers without a permit. The law, punishable by fines and imprisonment, aims to prevent the killing and ...

A new analysis of a fossil found in 1889 has unveiled the presence of zeolites—and an entirely new mineralization method.

It's not uncommon to see baby birds on the ground in the spring. A young bird without feathers should be placed back in its ...

For more than 60 million years, penguins of all kinds—including the opportunistic Magellanic penguin—have been driven by an ...