We like to think that animals follow the crowd. If most of the group does something, surely the individual will copy. But ...

Birds are some of the most diverse animals in nature, coming in all different colors. Birds come in a wide range of colors, ...

Many types of birds — such as hummingbirds, peacocks and parrots — are vividly colorful, but birds-of-paradise are especially flamboyant with hues of emerald, lemon, cobalt and ruby. Now, research has ...

When a white or almost white bird lands in your backyard, it’s tempting to automatically say that it’s an albino — once you’ve ruled out the unlikely great egret or snowy owl. For avian color oddities ...

Aug. 29 (UPI) --According to a new study, some birds of prey can detect contrasts between objects at a greater distance than humans -- but only if the object is a different color than the background.

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. If you come across a bird nest there’s usually a pretty good way of telling what kind of ...

During his notable trip to the Galápagos Islands, Charles Darwin collected several mockingbird specimens on different islands in the region. He later discovered that each island only contained a ...

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