If you're hoping to attract more feathered friends to your yard, then you might want to consider painting your porch these ...

Naturally is a column written by a rotating cast of experts at the NJ Audubon. Within the past two months, I’ve had two ...

Animals range in size, shape, and appearance. Some possess drab, plain-looking feathers, scales, or skin, while others sport brightly-colored features. Typically, females appear less colorful than ...

Red, white and blue birds of Pennsylvania. Published: Jul. 04, 2018, ... Although the red-winged blackbird is mostly black, the bright red-and-yellow shoulder patches of the male, ...

When is a blue bird not blue? The answer to this question is always.There actually is no such thing as a blue bird. To find out why, Smithsonian asked Scott Sillett, a wildlife biologist at the ...

Red bird, blue bird: LSU doctoral student explains the why of birds of colorful feather BY COLETTE DEAN | Contributing writer. Colette Dean. Author email; Sep 27, 2022 ...

Why Yellow Birds Mysteriously Turn Red. No one could figure out why a North American woodpecker's feathers were changing color—until now. By Carrie Arnold. October 21, 2016 ...

After ruling out diet, scientists discover the secret behind blue feathers lies inside how the feathers are made. Gavriel Jecan / Corbis For decades, scientists have known how birds with yellow or ...

While humans have three color cones in the retina sensitive to red, green and blue light, birds have a fourth color cone that can detect ultraviolet light. A research team trained wild ...