Joining a birdwatching group is a great way to meet like-minded people. You can share your sightings, learn from each other, ...

A wildlife photographer spent 30 hours in her car over four days to capture a rare Snowy Owl with fiery orange ... Michigan's Thumb region when she finally spotted the elusive bird.

Rather than attraction, the team suggests a different function for owl feathers: thermal regulation. Porphyrins, the class of pigments studied here, are known to absorb and reflect radiation. In bird ...

Griffith and her colleagues’ interest in the study stemmed from the fact that many owl researchers use these fluorescent feathers to age birds in the field, since the intensity of the fluorescent glow ...

A few years later, in 2021, the owl was reportedly spotted in Aragon, Spain, on the other side of the mountain range. The reasons for this expansion are still being studied. There are no currently ...

Barred owls are notorious for taking habitat away from the now-endangered Northern spotted owl, but one creature that doesn't seem to mind this newly established species is parasites. Ian Oliphant, a ...

Males of the pheasant species, native to southeast Asia, have dark bodies and brightly colored tail feathers, almost like their backs have been set on fire. Their beautiful plumage has put them at ...