Feathers might seem like a pretty mundane part of nature, although it's a little-known fact that they have a strong bond with the heavens and all spiritual realms. Our guardian angels scatter feathers ...

Some are brightly colored, while others are camouflage ... In this condition, the bird doesn’t produce the normal pigments in its feathers, often leaving them looking very different from ...

Birders in Michigan are scratching their heads over unusual photos of a snowy owl. The animal is perfectly perched on a ...

Snowy owls typically have white feathers, with females also having dark ... chairman of MSU’s Integrative Biology Department, said the rusty color on this wild snowy owl is likely an expression ...

With flashy feathers and fancy moves ... So the possibility of intensifying color through biofluorescence fits right in. Fluorescence is a sleight-of-hand trick with colors, “the absorption ...