Say the words “feather art,” and people probably won’t know what you’re talking about. Tribal headdresses? Ostrich-plume hats? If you’re drawing a blank, head to the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art ...

If getting up before dawn in late March means you might spot a rare Wilson’s warbler en route to Nova Scotia for the summer, chances are all-things avian call to your soul. And now through most of ...

Reconstructing dinosaurs from dusty squashed bones takes plenty of imagination. From the lumbering dragons of 19th century illustrations to the scaly lizards of Jurassic Park, scientists don't always ...

It’s the season when birders migrate en masse to follow avian aerial travels. That means it’s also the season for the Toledo Museum of Art, not far from some choice sites, to offer an associated ...

Yale professor Hui Cao hopes to replicate the brilliant colors of bird feathers in the laboratory, in this case using lasers. Cao, professor of applied physics, was one of 175 scholars, artists and ...

Birds have always stolen the show with their vibrant shades of feathers, turning ordinary skies into living canvases of ...

Todd Forsgren ruffles feathers every time he takes a picture. A photographer and professor at the Maryland Institute College of Art, Forsgren has been recording images of wild birds in the moments ...

Have you ever wondered how a fossil hailing from 40 million years ago still maintains its original color, while dyed garments fade in years? The answer lies in the molecular structure of these natural ...

Sitting in the sunlit garden room, a small, light green parakeet gently climbs onto the outstretched finger of Gabe Cooper. Mr. Pickles, he’s called. The little bird is known at the facility for ...

In the spring of 2019, the biologist Tore Slagsvold headed into the forests outside Oslo to stage a series of tiny crime scenes. He didn’t need bullets, or bootprints, or even bodies or blood; only a ...