CHAGRIN FALLS, Ohio -- Do the birds watch back while we are watching them? Some published studies indicate that is the case, and say the reason the birds are flighty is because they see us much larger ...

Quick Take Vulturine guinea fowl’s blue and white plumage comes from feather structure, not pigments, creating vivid, long-distance visual signals. Bright colors and high-contrast patterns help ...

The count, which happens Feb. 13-16, is an opportunity for parents and children to do something outside that brings joy and ...

A paper published last year in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface described a feather as a masterpiece of engineering, one comprising nine orders of magnitude, from the nanoscale to the meter ...

Distinctive markings: Male has a black head, back and tail with white belly, orange-red sides and red or white eyes. The female’s coloring has a browner cast. A flurry of flying leaves and bursts of ...

Advice about how to watch garden birds in winter and recognise when they need extra care. Birdwatching from indoors is a ...

The Great Backyard Bird Count is an annual citizen-science project that gathers data about wild birds. Participants go outside for at least 15 minutes and identify as many birds as they can. If you ...

Each Canada goose that you see flying around in formation around Lancaster County these days has between 20,000 and 25,000 feathers, most hidden from sight. A typical songbird at your backyard feeder ...

Birds and their feathers have been important to humans since prehistoric times. Birds were important for food. Feathers were ...