Nature produces some truly extravagant costumes, and birds have evolved more than their fair share of dazzling outfits. Often, it's the male birds that steal the show with bold colors and unfurling ...

The rainbow of hues seen in modern bird eggs probably evolved in birds’ dinosaur ancestors, which had eggs with colorful and speckled shells. That’s according to a new study of fossil eggs in the ...

Early naturalists suspected that birds closer to the equator are more colorful A new study provides evidence to support the long-held belief Difference in diet and the need for camouflage in a vibrant ...

Sparrows to doves, mockingbirds to magpies, every bird that visits your backyard this season will bring its unique brand of delight. Yet when a particularly colorful species shows up, you can’t help ...

The long-held idea that birds living near the equator are more colorful than those living closer to the poles is true, suggests a recent study Paradise Tanager (Tangara chilensis). The sexes look ...

Birds are some of the brightest and most colorful animals on Earth. The blues, reds, greens, purples and yellows of the avian world are rivaled, among vertebrates, only by the brilliant colors and ...

For bird enthusiasts, spring is a welcome time of year when backyards everywhere begin to come alive with the robust songs and sights of colorful migratory birds. Making their way back from winter ...

The redder, the better. And I’m not talking about beets, roses or presidential candidates. I’m talking birds. Well, some birds. In various species, red coloration in a male’s feathers or beak is an ...