The natural marvels, which do everything from enabling acrobatic flight to insulating against Antarctic cold, continue to ...

So finding birds who actually have long tails required ... and in the center of the “lyre” are two silver median feathers.

Both male and female silver pheasants sport a red face ... crowned pigeon takes its lineage seriously. This bird's signature blue lace crest feathers resemble a crown atop its head.

Washington - Fossil remains of a 120-million-year-old bird with unique feathers has cast doubt on the theory of birds evolving from dinosaurs, some experts say, but others disagree. Two Chinese ...

Two new studies point to one possible factor: the differences between how modern birds and their ancient cousins molt their feathers. Every bird you've ever seen -- every robin, every pigeon ...

Feathers repelled rain along the way. Feathers formed the flight surfaces of the wings that kept B6 aloft and drove the bird forward for nearly 250 hours without failing. One might expect that ...

More than fluff makes a feather. Tucked away in its vane and shaft is a surprising amount of valuable data. Thanks to recent technology breakthroughs, researchers can glean a lot of information about ...

Yang Meilin, a villager in Ziyun, has come up with ways of protecting birds, especially the silver pheasants, over the years. Yang, in his late 70s, has developed a fondness for birds after he ...

They found that iridescent, colorful feathers originated 415 times across the bird tree of life, and in most cases, arose outside of the tropics- and that the ancestor of all modern birds likely ...