California is home to a host of plants and animals. Discover the eight yellow birds that call the Golden State home.

Welcome to the fascinating world of anting! Watch how birds recruit ants for grooming duties and then read all about it.

Swallow-tailed kites are social birds, ... You might catch a glimpse of the coolest bird. Josh Jackson co-founded Paste Magazine in 2002, where he serves as president and editor-in-chief.

Scientists have uncovered the fossil of a bird that lived 120 million years ago and it definitely had flair, including unusually long tail feathers. While the feathers probably didn’t help the ...

Mirasaura grauvogeli had a featherlike crest and a tail like a monkey. “It's been a long time since I've been so blown away by a new fossil discovery.” ...

These little songbirds are hard to miss during the summer in Alabama’s forests. And even if you don’t see them, you’ll hear ...

tail camera. The 13-gram camera system is designed to fit on a bird’s tail feathers, so it will fall off when the feathers drop during the bird’s annual molt.

Even though Rhode Island is the smallest state in the country, it has a lot of different habitats, from woods to wetlands, to ...

A conservation group says it plans to protect 8,000 acres near Georgetown before the property is developed. Rare kites nest ...

The birds make mistakes sometimes, too — such as doing the wrong move for a particular song — suggesting dancing is mentally challenging for the birds, just as it is for humans.

Two-Tailed Ancient Bird Uncovered. ... Since male birds today are the ones with the striking plumage, the authors suggest that perhaps only one sex of Jeholornis sported the eye-catching tail fronds.