Feather

The birds, known for their showy displays, look even more colorful than we thought.

Hygiene takes many forms in the animal kingdom, and it's not always about getting clean.

Molted penguin feathers record mercury infiltrating Antarctica's food web

Researchers found that most birds-of-paradise are biofluorescent – meaning they absorb light through their bodies

Learn how a species with shockingly long strides might have used its arms for a unique form of flight-like movement.

Generations of selective breeding have made the 'bird of courage' unable to fly or mate on its own.

The turkey was semi-domesticated and kept in pens in the American Southwest some 2,000 years ago—but not for the reason you think.

There's an area in China that's home to a huge trove of dinosaur fossils. It was thought to be caused by a volcanic eruption. But new evidence has come to light about how it likely came to be.

Humans perfected how to identify wild animals over millennia, and now biologists are rediscovering the exceptional worth of the tracks and marks left behind

Endangered birds don't have many older birds around them to learn from. So, taking inspiration from Hollywood, conservationists in Europe are teaching endangered birds how to migrate.

How do you teach a bird how, and where, to fly? The distinctive Northern Bald Ibis, hunted essentially to extinction by the 17th century, was revived by breeding and rewilding efforts over the last two decades. But the birds—known for their distinctive black-and-iridescent green plumage, bald red head and long curved beak—don't instinctively know which direction to fly to migrate without the guidance of wild-born…

The distinctive Northern Bald Ibis, hunted essentially to extinction by the 17th century, was revived by breeding and rewilding efforts over the last two...

Venom evolved hundreds of millions of years ago, creating a chemical arms race between predatory and prey. Here are some of the most venomous animals living on Earth.

They might seem like pests, but insects and snakes play an important role in our ecosystem.

Feather from extinct huia sells for $28K, becoming most expensive feather ever sold

There has never been a better time to be or become a birder

There's a common conception that where dolphins roam, you won't see sharks swimming. How accurate is the idea that sharks fear dolphins? Here's what you should know.

News that Midwestern dairy cows may have become infected with avian flu by eating poultry waste has many asking: What are American farm animals being fed? And should we be concerned?

Approving two proposed killer whale species could transform how they're conserved. It would also turn a new page in one of the strangest chapters in marine mammal history.

Strange as it might seem for a hairless creature, frogs have provided us with some critical clues on the origins of our luscious locks – a defining mammalian feature whose insulative powers helped us spread across the Earth.