Rare attacks helped brand the cassowary as deadly, but habitat loss and human activity now pose a far greater threat to the ...

There’s something magical about stepping into Rare Birds Antiques in Goodlettsville, Tennessee, that feels like tumbling through a portal into your grandmother’s attic—if your grandmother happened to ...

A rare species prized by birders in Southern Arizona has been unceremoniously stripped of its elegance, and at least one local expert isn’t happy about the change. A leading panel of taxonomists ...

In the Himalayan forests, the satyr tragopan performs one of the bird world’s most dramatic courtship displays.

Plus, pocket-sized owls hooting, few family reunions in the bird world and a visit by robins’ handsome cousin.

When I became serious about birding in the 1990s, I wasn’t thinking about milestone birds. Then they started creeping up. The ...

Reason behind the colour of birds Bird colours come from pigments and physical feather structures that reflect light. Pigments are chemical compounds like melanin (black, brown, grey) and carotenoids ...

Some birds are hard to find due to migration patterns, climate preferences, or breeding schedules, but you could spot a rare ...

Bird-feeding, if done properly, can help these birds survive. Black-capped chickadees, for example, have a much higher winter ...

Sharp-tailed sandpiper, a rare visitor to the East Bay, walking at the edge of the water at Elsie Roemer Bird Sanctuary. Photo by Jeff Manker. A few days after I moved to Alameda, I set out on an ...

The jersey matches the one worn by Bird for seven NBA playoff games as he tore up the court. The jersey was worn for Game 5 of the 1987 Eastern Conference Finals. Bird's stats: 37 points, 9 rebounds ...

A group of divers spotted a rare blue eel in the waters off Indonesia. The footage recorded shows the intricacies of the mesmerizing eel and its bright, colorful body. Eels often have their mouths ...