In preparation for a presentation on the birds we saw while in Ecuador recently, I was struck by how many of the birds were extravagantly colored, many eye-poppingly so. Thumbing through my field ...

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Birding is one of those hobbies that are all too easy to make fun of until you turn thirty. Then, suddenly and against your ...

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 ...

Those animals include birds, mammals and reptiles — mostly exotic, but some domestic. There are five species of macaws — those colorful tropical birds — flying free, roosting in trees on the property.

A new study has confirmed what biologists have long suspected: that tropical birds are much more colorful than their temperate peers. The study involved a mathematical color analysis of more than ...

VENTURA, Calif. — The Exotic Bird Mart & Expo returned to the Ventura County Fairgrounds on Saturday. Some birds appeared to talk to passersby as visitors had the opportunity to see a variety of ...

Just like wallpaper, the plumage of parrots can be exotic or drab, eye-catching or camouflaging, colorful or practically monochrome. In Claire Rosen’s photo essay, Birds of a Feather, parrots are ...

The pale-tufted cockatoo waddled pigeon-toed across the floor, then hopped up onto the toe of his visitor's shoe. Apparently, satisfied that he found a convenient vehicle for escape, he happily ...

At Brookfield Zoo in the birds and reptiles building, an old exhibit has been retired, and a new exhibit has opened. 1 of 10 The curtain is going up on a new way to look at birds at Brookfield Zoo. It ...