Waxwings have a soft appearance, almost as if they just escaped from a watercolor painting. Bohemian waxwings roam south to eat fruits and berries in wintertime, sometimes commingling with flocks of ...

Few animals attract attention quite like birds. Some impress through remarkable migrations or unusual behaviour, while others are remembered simply because of their appearance. Across forests, ...

A new global study finds that the visual beauty of birds—their colors and shapes—predicts which wild species are traded by people. By analyzing data for over 9000 bird species, researchers discovered ...

Some birds appear to have completely disregarded the concept of subtlety. From parrots in the rainforests, which display all the hues of red, yellow and blue to small finches, which appear as if ...