Birds of a feather flock together.” You’ve heard this phrase hundreds, or maybe even thousands of times — but do you know ...

It is said that “birds of a feather flock together,” and indeed they do. We see gangs of crows — sometimes 100 or more — foraging together on the wetlands or at the tideline. A skein of Canada geese ...

Have you noticed any fallen feathers around your backyard? Many of backyard birds are in the middle of their biggest transformation of the year, losing and replacing feathers in a process known as ...

The weeks before Thanksgiving, when our thoughts fly to fowl, are a fine time to discover that local Jewish families were and are major producers and innovators in the Southland’s poultry business.

Surveys of several sites, including Nepal’s Chitwan National Park, show that the lesser necklaced laughingthrush may be physically mimicking a larger species, the greater necklaced laughingthrush, for ...

What makes a bird a bird? For starters, it has to be covered with a collection of branching, hair-like structures known as feathers. If you add a toothless beaked jaw, a four-chambered heart, a strong ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. A down feather illustrates the varied assortment of barbs that allow it to ...

A flamingo-pink bird has been turning heads in Bay View throughout the summer. The bird is the the same size and shape of a northern cardinal. It behaves like a cardinal and seen in typical cardinal ...

Explore the colors of songbird migration in a photo essay that displays the ways distance and timing affect plumage. In late summer and autumn, millions of birds fly above our heads, often at night, ...