Oshi is a toco toucan, the largest and most famous member of the toucan family. Like other birds of its species, Oshi is ...

The color palette of the birds you see out your window depends on where you live. If you're far from the Equator, most birds tend to have drab colors, but the closer you are to the tropics, you'll ...

Birds make every outdoor space look instantly better. And when they're birds drenched in vibrant colors, well, let's just say the space becomes a bit more magical. Flashes of blues, greens, yellows, ...

“I feel there is no way to avoid thinking of color when you think of hummingbirds”, said Gabriela Venable, who is the lead author of the newly published study of hummingbird color (ref). “We give them ...

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Researchers at the University of Granada and the Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence have demonstrated a link between urbanization and the plumage color of birds. Species that thrive in ...

Yale ornithologist Richard Prum has spent years studying the molecules and nanostructures that give many bird species their rich colorful plumage, but nothing prepared him for what he found in ...

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 ...

What makes male bird feathers bright and colorful, and female bird plumage more muted? We chatted with an expert to find out.

The striking Collared Laughingthrush, or "Halloween bird," served as in inspiration for this research. Natalia Ocampo-Peñuela, Monte Neate-Clegg, and the rest of their birdwatching group wait in a ...