While driving around the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge last weekend, Kathy and I noticed stumpy-looking boat-tailed grackles and red-winged blackbirds with no tails. It was a sure sign that ...

Making a list of birds with a long tail isn’t as straightforward as it seems. For example, the peacock is not on the list.

There’s no shortage of talented artists in Nova Scotia, but in her small Greenwood, N.S. studio, Cynthia Henry is creating some magical works of art, using a very unconventional canvas. “Feather art ...

Every so often, I wonder why I've gotten hooked on birds. Why not plants, or reptiles, or coin collecting? What is it about birds that captures my imagination? Part of the answer comes as I listen to ...

Picture shows the peacock spreading its beautiful feathers. Peacocks are among the most exquisite birds on the planet, and for good reason. With their iridescent feathers, fan-shaped tail, and ...

Quick Take Vulturine guinea fowl’s blue and white plumage comes from feather structure, not pigments, creating vivid, ...

In what could have passed for a break room, though curiously festooned with feathers, Robert Mesta rummaged inside one of the two plain white freezers. “Ah, here it is,” he said, withdrawing something ...