Many mammals have fur the color of brown and black. Why don't they have more exotic colors, like purple and neon pink?

Bee-eater birds are stunningly colorful, but their diet of bees and other insects puts them at odds with humans.

As its name suggests, the common buzzard is one of Europe's most familiar birds of prey, often spotted perched on fence posts scanning for mice and worms, or performing spectacular loop dives over ...

The common buzzard’s range of colors is shrinking, with intermediate-colored birds becoming more common while light and dark forms decline.

A girl approaches a colorful parrot expecting a calm and friendly interaction, but things take an unexpected turn. In this video, we see how quickly the bird reacts when its space is disturbed.

Centuries before the rise of the Inca Empire, a much smaller kingdom on the central coast of Peru already had a sophisticated ...

Yes, hummingbirds are drawn to the color red, and the attraction is hard-wired.

My friend Trip Lamb’s recent photographs from Africa reinforced for me the value of vicarious ecology, which I define as enjoying someone else’s outdoor experiences. Vicarious ecology offers ways to ...

Across the animal kingdom, eggs can appear green, brown, pink, and even bright blue depending on the species that lays them.

A grassroots initiative to install LED lighting systems on downtown Columbia buildings is facing pushback from wildlife ...

Twinkie is one darling Parrot you won't soon forget. If there were an award given out for "The Most Distinguished Bird ...

Mapping colour: scientists used nearly 100,000 citizen science observations to map and track common buzzard plumage colour across Europe. Unexpected patterns: buzzard colours vary geographically with ...